The Brown Sisters, Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Artist
Nicholas Nixon
(American, born 1947)
Date2015
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 × 9 5/8 inches (19.53 × 24.45 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches (20.32 × 25.24 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches (20.32 × 25.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.211
SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "Nicholas Nixon"
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "THE BROWN SISTERS WELLFLEET, MASS 2015 35/50 p2015"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, right edge, in pencil: "NN.4170.Y"
Edition/State/Proofed. 35/50
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionPortrait of four sisters, Heather, Mimi, Bebe, and Laurie, tightly grouped with arms around one another while sunlight pours in through the tree branches overhead.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Nicholas Nixon
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