The Brown Sisters, Boston, Massachusetts

1993

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

Four women are standing close together in a line. The woman on the left has medium-length wavy hair and is wearing a loose-knit sweater. The second woman has hair pulled back with bangs and is wearing a patterned jacket over a turtleneck. The third woman has long, curly hair and wears a denim jacket over a dark top. The woman on the right has shoulder-length wavy hair and is wearing a textured light sweater over a top with a dark collar. The backdrop is a natural environment, likely outdoors, with tree tops visible under a cloudy sky.

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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 Boston 1993 39/50; lower right verso in graphite: Nicholas Nixon

Wikidata ID

Q64158505

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