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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)
Date2017
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 inches (19.38 × 24.46 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches (20.32 × 25.22 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.138
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Nicholas Nixon"
InscribedTitled, dated, and editioned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "THE BROWN SISTERS TRURO, MASS 2017 35/50 P2017"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "NN.44684.Y"
Edition/State/Proofed. 35/50
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionPortrait of four women (Heather, Mimi, Bebe, and Laurie) tightly grouped in front of a curtain with light streaming in from the upper left. The woman on the far right wears a heart pendant with the initials MT etched in the center.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Nicholas Nixon
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