The Brown Sisters, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Artist
Nicholas Nixon
(American, born 1947)
Date1988; printed 2005
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 × 9 5/8 inches (19.53 × 24.46 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches (20.32 × 25.22 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches (20.32 × 25.22 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.20.15
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "Nicholas Nixon"
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "THE BROWN SISTERS WELLESLEY MASS 1988 48/50 p2005"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "NN.2210.Y"
Edition/State/Proofed. 48/50
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionClosely cropped portrait of four sisters. They are standing close together with arms wrapped around one another. Laurie, far right, is wearing a leopard print shirt and smiling.Copyright© Nicholas Nixon
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