The Brown Sisters, Cataumet, Massachusetts

2004

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

The image shows four women from the waist up, positioned close together in a group portrait. They are standing and facing slightly towards the camera. The first woman on the left has short, curly hair and is wearing a light-colored button-up shirt and a necklace with large beads. The second woman has short, dark hair and hoop earrings, wearing a sleeveless top with a floral pattern. The third woman has long, curly hair and is wearing a sleeveless dark top. The fourth woman has long, straight hair, and is wearing a dark collared shirt and a necklace with a pendant. She is looking away from the camera. The background is a plain, light-toned sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Fund for Living Photographers

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.9.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY); NGA purchase, 2005.

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

on verso, by Nicholas Nixon, lower left in graphite: The Brown sisters Cataumet, Mass. 2004 26/50; lower right verso in graphite: Nicholas Nixon; upper right verso in graphite: Nr 44588

Wikidata ID

Q64158518

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