Nicholas Nixon

Astlene Nelson, Perkins School for the Blind
1991

A black-and-white photograph of a young girl looking upwards with a hopeful expression. She has short hair with some braids and is wearing a turtleneck. In the background, there's a building and an open field.
A black-and-white photograph of a young girl looking upwards with a hopeful expression. She has short hair with some braids and is wearing a turtleneck. In the background, there's a building and an open field.

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Date
1991

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 10in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 7 11/16 × 9 5/8in. (19.5 × 24.4 cm)

Accession number
2003.247

Edition
6/50

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/19405

Nicholas Nixon
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