Harvard Art Museums > 2001.102: Study of Two Hands Holding a Navajo Blanket 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"Study of Two Hands Holding a Navajo Blanket (Timothy David Mayhew) , 2001.102,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/171312. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2001.102 People Timothy David Mayhew, American (St. Clair, MI born 1952) Title Study of Two Hands Holding a Navajo Blanket Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 11/2000 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/171312 Physical Descriptions Medium Silverpoint and Italian white marble heightening on off-white modern wove paper, prepared with bohemian terre verte, lead white, calcined bone, and rabbit skin glue Dimensions 15.2 x 19.2 cm (6 x 7 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Signed lower left, silverpoint: T. D. MAYHEW / [copyright symbol] inscription: verso, center, graphite, in artist's hand: "STUDY OF TWO HANDS HOLDING A NAVAJO BLACKET" [underlined] / TimoTHY DAViD MAYHEW / SiLVERPOINT ON PREPARED PAPER / WiTH ITALiAN WHiTE MARBLE HEiGHTENiNG / [copyright symbol] 11/2000 inscription: verso, lower left, graphite, in artist's hand: FABRiANO 140 HP [refers to type of paper] inscription: verso, lower right, graphite, in artist's hand: TERRE VERTE (BOHEMiAN)/LEAD WHiTE/CALCiNED BONE watermark: C. M. FABRIANO - 1 [cut off] 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 2001.102 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 Silverpoint (Fine 99.9%) with Italian white marble heightening (Crushed marble ground in gum Arabic and water) on Fabriano 140 pound hot pressed paper prepared with natural Bohemian green earth, lead white, and calcined bone mixed with rabbit skin glue. The drawing was done in November 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.") (Information provided by Timothy Mayhew)
