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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
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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.")