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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2001.103
People
Timothy David Mayhew, American (St. Clair, MI born 1952)
Title
Right Hand Study of a Navajo Woman with a Turquoise Bracelet
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
2/2001
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/171320

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronzepoint and lead white on off-white modern wove paper, prepared with calcined bone, lead white, vermilion, and rabbit skin glue
Dimensions
12.7 x 17.9 cm (5 x 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Signed lower right, bronzepoint: T. D. MAYHEW / [copyright symbol]
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite, in artist's hand: "RiGHTHAND STUDY OF NAVAJO WOMAN / WiTH TURQUOiSE BRACELET" [underlined] / BRONZEPOiNT WiTH LEAD WHiTE HEiGHTENiNG / 5" x 7" / TiMOTHY DAViD MAYHEW / [copyright symbol] FEB 2001
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite, in artist's hand: CALCiNED BONE/LEAD WHiTE/GEN. VERMiLiON
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite, in artist's hand: LANA 140 HP [refers to the type of paper]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite, in artist's hand: 6/20/98 [refers to when the ground was applied]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Timothy Mayhew, Farmington, NM, Sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 2001

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, The Philip and Lynn Straus Conservator of Works of Art on Paper Fund
Copyright
© Timothy David Mayhew
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
2001.103
Contact
am_straus@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Provided by Timothy Mayhew: Bronzepoint with lead white heightening on Lana 140 pound hot pressed paper prepared with genuine vermilion, lead white, and calcined bone mixed with rabbit skin glue. The drawing was done in February of 2001 and the preparation was created and placed on the paper on June 20, 1998.