The Brown Sisters, Hartford, Connecticut

1976

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

Four young women are standing close together in a grassy field. They are captured from the knees upward, with their arms around each other's shoulders. Each woman has distinct facial features and hairstyles. The girl on the far left has a round face shape with straight, shoulder-length hair, while the girl next to her has longer hair. The third woman from the left has similar hair length but with a slightly wavier texture, and the woman on the far right has short hair that flips outward at the ends. They are all wearing belted dresses with various patterns, such as geometric designs and different orientations of stripes. The woman on the far right is wearing a bracelet on her left wrist. The background shows an expansive field with trees and a few buildings in the distance under a clear sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.67.166


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

Bibliography

1999

  • Nixon, Nicholas. The Brown Sisters. The Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1999: pl. 2.

Inscriptions

across lower edge verso in graphite: Heather Brown McCann, Mimi Brown, Bebe Brown Nixon, Laurie Brown Hartford, Conn. 1976 Nicholas Nixon

Wikidata ID

Q64158486

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