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The Brown Sisters, 1975

Date1975

Maker Nicholas Nixon American, born 1947

Label TextThese photographs are from a series of annual shots the artist made of his wife and her three sisters, beginning in 1975. In them we are able to witness both the genealogical similarities and differences among the sisters, but also track the fascinating changes in physiognomy brought on by the passing of time. The regularity of the series brings an unusual rigor to the typical family portrait.

Object number83.37

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, 200 Photographs from the Museum Collection, Dec. 8, 1983 - Feb. 5, 1984. Text by Rod Slemmons. No cat. no. (as Heather Brown McCann, Mimi Brown, Bebe Brown Nixon, Laurie Brown, New Canaan, Connecticut). Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Documents International: Reflections in the Mirror: A World of Identity, Apr. 23, 1998 - June 20, 1999.

Credit LinePacific Northwest Bell, the Photography Council, the Polaroid Foundation, Mark Abrahamson, and the National Endowment for the Arts

Dimensions7 15/16 x 9 5/8 in. (20.2 x 24.5 cm)

MediumGelatin silver print