2014
deluxetoday.com
Nicholas Nixon shot the first portrait of his wife Bebe, then 25, along with her sisters Heather, Laurie, and Mimi in 1975, and went on to recreate a version of the portrait every year since. The captivating work of conceptual art has continued to document the four sisters’ evolution through the years. During the series the sisters have been captured on a backdrop of historic moments in American culture including shots taken at Woodstock. There are around fifteen institutions and almost ten private collectors who have complete sets of prints and continue to acquire the new one upon issue each year. This body of work comes directly from the collection of one of the West Coast’s most significant art collectors, Mrs. Mary Robinson who, along with her late husband David, has donated a significant collection of 150 early photographs to the National Gallery of Art. The set of 40 photographs here are offered as a single lot and are estimated to fetch $200/300,000.
