The Brown Sisters, Brookline, Massachusetts

Artist Nicholas Nixon (American, born 1947)

Date2018

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 7/8 inches (20.14 × 25.07 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2019.22.25

SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Nicholas Nixon"

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "THE BROWN SISTERS BROOKLINE 2018 35/50 p2018"

MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "NN.4779.Y"

Edition/State/Proofed. 35/50

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DescriptionImage of four women standing close to one another; the second from the right wraps her arms around the woman on the end in a tight embrace. Three of the women wear glasses. They are standing in front of a window covered with a sheer curtain.Provenance

Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, 2019;
Given by The Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.

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