Harvard Art Museums > 2001.104: Frontal Portrait Study of a Navajo Girl Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Frontal Portrait Study of a Navajo Girl (Timothy David Mayhew) , 2001.104,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 01, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/171285. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2001.104 People Timothy David Mayhew, American (St. Clair, MI born 1952) Title Frontal Portrait Study of a Navajo Girl Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 8/2000 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/171285 Physical Descriptions Medium Copperpoint with white Italian marble heightening on off-white modern wove paper, prepared with lapis lazuli, calcined bone, and rabbit skin glue. Dimensions 20.3 x 17.7 cm (8 x 6 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Signed lower right, copperpoint: T. D. MAYHEW / [copyright symbol] inscription: verso, upper center, graphite, in artist's hand: "FRONTAL PORTRAiT OF A NAVAJO GiRL" [underlined] / COPPERPOiNT WiTH WHiTE ITALiAN MARBLE HEiGHTENiNG / TimoTHY DAViD MAYHEW / AUGUST 2000 [copyright symbol] inscription: verso, bottom edge, graphite, in artist's hand: FABRiANO 140 HP [refers to the type of paper] LAPiS/LAZULi + CALCiNED BONE watermark: [cut off] 0-100/100 COTTON 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 2001.104 Contact am_straus@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Provided by Timothy Mayhew: Copperpoint with Italian white marble heightening (Crushed marble ground in gum Arabic and water) on Fabriano 140 pound hot pressed paper prepared with lapis lazuli and calcined bone mixed with rabbit skin glue. The drawing was done in August of 2000 and the preparation was created and placed on the paper on May 30, 1998. (Of note, this drawing was one of several metalpoint drawings done of a young Navajo woman in the preparation for her portrait painting entitled "Navajo Turquoise.")
