The Brown Sisters, Natick, Massachusetts

2022

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

This grayscale photograph shows the upper bodies of four older women standing close together. The woman on the left wears a light turtleneck sweater, and she has short, dark hair with some hints of gray, and round earrings in her ears. The woman next to her wears a dark zip-up vest over a shirt. She has longer, dark hair that is also graying. Behind her is another woman with long, thick, gray hair, and her torso is obscured by the women on either side of her, who stand slightly in front of her. The fourth woman to the right wears a dark long-sleeve shirt, and has medium-length, dark hair and small earrings in her ears. All four women look directly at the camera; they all have pale, wrinkled skin, and they smile slightly as they look at us. The background consists of dark foliage with some lighter patches.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Funds from Randi and Bob Fisher

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.6 × 24.4 cm (7 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 × 25.3 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.84.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nicholas Nixon, Brookline, MA; NGA purchase (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Nicholas Nixon; across bottom: The Brown Sisters Natick, Mass 2022 38/50 p2002; by unknown hand, bottom right: NN.4964.4


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