The Brown Sisters, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1989

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

The image shows four women standing closely together, with their upper bodies visible in the frame. They appear to be positioned in a slightly staggered formation, with two in the front and two in the back. The woman in the front left has wavy, dark hair and is wearing a sleeveless black top and dangling earrings. The woman next to her on the right has curly hair and is dressed in a short-sleeved black top. The two women in the back have wavy hair as well; the one on the far left wears a white top with dark stripes, while the woman on the right wears a striped shirt with a rounded neckline. The background is a simple interior setting, with a pebble-textured wall visible on the left and a plain light-colored wall behind the women.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY); NGA purchase, 2002.

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

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: The Brown Sisters Cambridge 1989 20/50; lower right verso in graphite: Nicholas Nixon

Wikidata ID

Q64158501

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