Right Hand Study of a Navajo Woman with a Turquoise Bracelet

Identification and Creation

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]

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

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
Accession Year: 2001
Object Number: 2001.103
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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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.