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The Brown Sisters, Brookline, Massachusetts
The Brown Sisters, Brookline, Massachusetts

The Brown Sisters, Brookline, Massachusetts

Artist Nicholas Nixon (American, born 1947)
Date2019
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/4 × 9 5/8 inches (19.69 × 24.46 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches (20.32 × 25.22 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.7.81
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Nicholas Nixon"
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "THE BROWN SISTERS BROOKLINE 2019 35/50 P2019"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "NN.4839.Y"
Edition/State/Proofed. 35/50
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of four women gathered closely together; they look directly at the viewer. Trees are visible in the background. The woman on the far left wears glasses and the figure on the far right wears a heart pendant around her neck.Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2020;

Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.

Copyright© Nicholas Nixon
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