The Brown Sisters, Truro, Massachusetts

2016

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

The black and white image features four women from the shoulders up, standing closely together with their arms around each other. Each woman faces the camera directly. The woman on the left has short, dark, wavy hair and wears a light-colored V-neck shirt. The second woman has very short, dark hair and wears a light, patterned V-neck shirt with jewelry. The third woman has curly hair framing her face and wears a dark blouse. The woman on the right has slightly longer, wavy hair, freckles on her face, and wears a plain top with a collar. The background is a neutral-toned interior wall, providing no specific contextual details. The minimalistic setting focuses on the subjects' expressions and gestures.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); NGA purchase, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, along bottom in graphite: The Brown Sisters Truro, Mass. 2016 38/50 p2016 Nicholas Nixon; by unknown hand, along lower right edge, in graphite: NN.4438.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64158539

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