Nicholas Nixon

Yazoo City, Mississippi
1979

A black and white photograph featuring a shirtless man and a young girl sitting next to each other. The man, looking down, has his arm extended along the back of a bench, while the girl, wearing a white floral dress, stands with her arm resting on his, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression. They are outdoors, with trees and a white wooden structure in the background.
A black and white photograph featuring a shirtless man and a young girl sitting next to each other. The man, looking down, has his arm extended along the back of a bench, while the girl, wearing a white floral dress, stands with her arm resting on his, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression. They are outdoors, with trees and a white wooden structure in the background.

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Date
1979

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 5/16in. (20.2 × 23.7 cm) Image: 7 11/16 × 9 11/16in. (19.5 × 24.6 cm)

Accession number
2003.239

Edition
54/60

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/19397

Nicholas Nixon
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