The Brown Sisters, Wellesley College, Massachusetts

2006

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

Four women are seated closely together. From left to right, they are described as follows: 1. Short hair, black top, white pants, white beaded necklace. 2. Short dark hair, dark cardigan, light shirt, heart-shaped necklace. 3. Long curly hair, black top under light button-down shirt, bangle on left wrist. 4. Shoulder-length straight hair, light long-sleeve shirt with subtle pattern, necklace with small circular pendant. There are trees visible in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.5.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nicholas Nixon; (Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); NGA purchase, 2007.

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 Wellesley College 2006 26/50 p2006; signed lower right verso in graphite: Nicholas Nixon; by other hand, lower center verso in graphite: NN.2350.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64158521

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