Bonampak temple benches and door jambs Artist: Heather Hurst (American, born 1976, M.Phil 2006, Ph.D. 2009)
Artist: Leonard Ashby (American)

2001

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Watercolor on paper

Dimensions

.1 Room 3 West Jamb: 51 1/4 × 33 1/2 in. (130.2 × 85.1 cm)
.2 Room 3 East Jamb: 37 × 14 1/2 in. (94 × 36.8 cm)
.2 Room 2 West Jamb: 36 × 14 3/4 in. (91.4 × 37.5 cm)
sheet (Overall sheet of .2): 51 1/2 × 47 1/2 in. (130.8 × 120.7 cm)
.3 Room 1 East Jamb: 38 × 15 in. (96.5 × 38.1 cm)
.3 Room 1 West Jamb: 36 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (93.3 × 37.5 cm)
sheet (.3 overall sheet): 51 1/2 × 51 3/4 in. (130.8 × 131.4 cm)
image (.4 Room 2 East Jamb): 36 1/4 × 14 3/4 in. (92.1 × 37.5 cm)
sheet (.4 Room 2 East Jamb sheet): 41 × 26 in. (104.1 × 66 cm)
image (.5 Room 2 Bench image): 13 1/2 × 43 3/4 in. (34.3 × 111.1 cm)
sheet (.5 Room 2 Bench sheet): 25 3/4 × 51 1/2 in. (65.4 × 130.8 cm)
image (.6 Room 2 Bench E-NE image): 14 × 31 3/4 in. (35.6 × 80.6 cm)
sheet (.6 Room 2 Bench E-NE sheet): 26 × 40 3/4 in. (66 × 103.5 cm)
image (.7 Room 2 Bench W-NW image): 14 × 33 1/4 in. (35.6 × 84.5 cm)
sheet (.7 Room 2 Bench W-NW sheet): 26 × 40 3/4 in. (66 × 103.5 cm)
image (.8 Room 1 Bench S wall image): 10 3/4 × 34 1/2 in. (27.3 × 87.6 cm)
sheet (.8 Room 1 Bench S wall sheet): 26 × 40 3/4 in. (66 × 103.5 cm)
image (.9 unspecified location 1 image): 13 3/4 × 27 1/2 in. (34.9 × 69.9 cm)
sheet (.9 unspecified location sheet): 26 × 40 3/4 in. (66 × 103.5 cm)
image (.10 unspecified location with red drip down center sheet): 15 × 30 1/4 in. (38.1 × 76.8 cm)
sheet (.10 unspecified location sheet): 26 × 40 3/4 in. (66 × 103.5 cm)
image (.11 unspecified location dark zig-zag): 14 × 34 in. (35.6 × 86.4 cm)
sheet (.11 unspecified location dark zig zag sheet): 26 × 41 in. (66 × 104.1 cm)
image (.12 unspecified location light/dark zig zag image): 12 1/4 × 29 3/4 in. (31.1 × 75.6 cm)
sheet (.12 unspecified location zig zag light/dark sheet): 26 × 41 in. (66 × 104.1 cm)
image (.13 Room 3 Bench South image): 11 × 38 1/2 in. (27.9 × 97.8 cm)
sheet (.13 Room 3 Bench South sheet): 26 × 41 in. (66 × 104.1 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Bonampak Documentation Project, Illustrated by Heather Hurst, M.Phil 2006, Ph.D. 2009, and Leonard Ashby

Accession Number

2014.44.8

Geography

United States

Culture

American

Period

Contemporary

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Painted and executed by Heather Hurst and Leonard Ashby as part of the terms of the contract outlined by the Bonampak Documentation Project
Bibliography
  • Mary E. Miller and Claudia Brittenham, The Spectacle of the Late Maya Court: Reflections on the Murals of Bonampak (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2013),
  • Mary E. Miller, The Murals of Bonampak (Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986),
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

histories (visual works), interior architecture, watercolors

Subject

Women artists human figures

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