Heather Brown, Mimi Brown, Bebe Brown Nixon, Laurie Brown Tranchin, East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Purchase, Funds from various donors and matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1981
Catalogue
- Year
- 1980
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 19.5 x 24.5 cm (7 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Nicholas Nixon
Artist

Photography
Nicholas Nixon is an American photographer born in 1947 known for his distinctive large-format black-and-white portraiture and architectural documentation. Working primarily with an 8x10 view camera, he employs a direct, unflinching approach to the human face and the built environment, often returning to the same subjects over decades to create serial bodies of work. His practice emerged from a postwar tradition of formal photographic inquiry, combining methodical observation with emotional restraint.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Nicholas Nixon
- Year
- 1980
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 19.5 x 24.5 cm (7 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1980-156800
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





