The Brown Sisters, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Artist Nicholas Nixon (American, born 1947)

Date2021

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 7/8 inches (20.16 × 25.08 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Beckett Art Purchases Fund in memory of Samuel and Ethel Beckett

Object number2023.9.2

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

InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "THE BROWN SISTERS JAMAICA PLAIN MASS 2021 35/50 P2021"

MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "NN.4921.Y"

Edition/State/Proofed. 35/50

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DescriptionImage of four women standing closely together with their arms around one another. In the background a clear sky is flanked with foliage.Provenance

Provenance

Nicholas Nixon, 2021;

Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA;

Purchased from Fraenkel Gallery by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2023.

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