The Brown Sisters, Cataumet, Massachusetts

2007

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

The image shows four women standing close together from the shoulders up. They have distinct facial features and wear different styles of tops. The woman on the left has short, dark hair and wears earrings. The two women in the middle have short hair, while the woman on the right has thick, curly hair. One woman is resting her hand on another's shoulder. The background is a softly blurred outdoor setting with a brimming sky.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nicholas Nixon; (Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); NGA purchase, 2008.

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, across bottom, in artist's hand in graphite: The BROWN sisters Cataumet, MASS 2007 26/50 p2007 NN.2568.4 Nicholas Nixon

Wikidata ID

Q64158522

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