DrawingsAmerican20th century

Right Hand Study of a Navajo Woman with a Turquoise Bracelet

2/2001

Artists

Timothy David MayhewArtist

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.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Bronzepoint and lead white on off-white modern wove paper, prepared with calcined bone, lead white, vermilion, and rabbit skin glue

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Department

Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies

Dimensions

12.7 x 17.9 cm (5 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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