The Brown Sisters, Brookline, Massachusetts

2018

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

Four women are shown from the shoulders up. They are standing closely together, with the woman on the rightmost side being embraced by the woman next to her, and the women on the left having their arms resting on each other’s shoulders. The woman on the far left has short, side-parted hair and wears glasses, a light patterned sweater, and a collared shirt underneath. Next to her, the second woman also has short hair, wears glasses, and has on a dark, zip-up jacket. The woman in the middle has curly, voluminous hair, wears glasses, and is dressed in a dark top. The woman on the far right has the longest hair, is facing forward but looking off to the side, wears a dark long-sleeved top, and has a bracelet around her wrist. The background is a softly lit room with large paneled windows, casting diffused light on the group.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Randi and Bob Fisher Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.4 × 24.5 cm (7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 × 25.2 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.37.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nicholas Nixon, Brookline, MA; NGA purchase (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Nicholas Nixon; lower left in graphite: THE BROWN SISTERS BROOKLINE 2018 38150 p2018; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: NN.6782.4


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