Study of Two Hands Holding a Navajo Blanket

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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)

Dimensions

15.2 x 19.2 cm (6 x 7 9/16 in.)

Provenance

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