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The Brown Sisters, Truro, Massachusetts
The Brown Sisters, Truro, Massachusetts

The Brown Sisters, Truro, Massachusetts

Artist Nicholas Nixon (American, born 1947)
Date2016
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)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.210
SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “Nicholas Nixon”
InscribedInscribed, dated, and editioned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “THE BROWN SISTERS TRURO, MASS 2016 35/50 p2016”
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “NN4435y”
Edition/State/Proofed. 35/50
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionPortrait of four women tightly grouped together with mostly neutral expressions; one wears a small round pendant around her neck, another a V-neck shirt with butterflies.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Nicholas Nixon
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