DrawingsAmerican20th century

Profile Study of a Navajo Girl

8/1998

Artists

Timothy David MayhewArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Silverpoint and white gouache on modern wove paper, prepared with lead white, French chalk, Italian ochre, and rabbit skin glue

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Department

Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies

Dimensions

21.6 x 16.7 cm (8 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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