The Brown Sisters, Harwichport, Massachusetts
Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters, Harwichport, Massachusetts, 1978, gelatin silver print, Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund, © unknown, research required, 80.89.1
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- Title
The Brown Sisters, Harwichport, Massachusetts
- Related Titles
alternate: Heather Brown, Mimi Brown, Bebe Brown Nixon, Laurie Brown - Harwichport, Mass.
- Artist
- Date
1978
- Medium
gelatin silver print
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 7 5/8 in x 9 5/8 in; sheet: 8 in x 9 7/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature: "Nicholas Nixon", graphite, verso bottom right
location information/date: "Harwichport, Mass. 1978", graphite, verso bottom center
title: "Heather Brown, Mimi Brown, Bebe Brown Nixon, Laurie Brown", graphite, verso bottom left
- Collection Area
Photography
- Category
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund
- Accession Number
80.89.1
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
Every year since 1975, Nicholas Nixon has created a portrait of his wife, Bebe Brown Nixon (second from right), and her three sisters, Heather, Mimi, and Laurie. The four women stand in the same position for these annual photographs, which are frequently cropped tightly to eliminate unnecessary environmental details. The women’s expressions vary little from year to year, yet the images capture many subtle signs of change and emotion. The series documents the passing of time and the inevitability of aging, and marks the ever-shifting nature of intimate familial relationships.
- Exhibitions
2010 Likeness: Portraiture from the Photography Collection Portland Art Museum