July 26, 1931 – November 3, 2005
R.C. GORMAN was a master of three mediums – drawing, painting, and sculpting.
In his linear portrayal of the human figure, he has no peers. The whole body of his work is directed toward the Indian – Navajo women moving placidly among their chores.
Gorman was born on the Navajo reservation in Chinle, Arizona in 1931 into a family of artisans. In 1955 after his U.S. Army discharge, Gorman enrolled in Northern Arizona University. In 1958, he received the first scholarship ever given by the Navajo tribe for study outside the United States.
He attended Mexico City College for a brief time, and this exposure caused a change in the direction of his art.
He has exhibited in untold numbers of one-man shows throughout the United States and the world. In 1973, he was the only living artist to be included at the show “MASTERWORKS OF THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Gorman’s work is in many permanent museum collections. A few include: The Museum of Indian Arts, San Fransisco, CA; The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ; Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK; U.S. Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN; and the New Mexico Museum of Fine Art.
Grace
Lithograph overrun print, not signed or numbered, Otherwise exacting to edition prints, 32'' x 23 5/6''
Navajo at Twilight
Lithograph overrun print, not signed or numbered, otherwise exacting to edition prints, 22'' x 30''
Navajo Woman with Pears
Lithograph overrun print, not signed or numbered, otherwise exacting to edition prints, 22'' x 30''
Doreen State II
Lithograph overrun print, not signed or numbered, otherwise exacting to edition prints, 26 1/4'' x 33 1/4''
Doreen State I
Lithograph overrun print, not signed or numbered, otherwise exacting to edition prints, 26 1/4'' x 33 1/4''
Desert Women
Lithograph overrun print, not signed or numbered, otherwise exacting to edition prints, 22'' x 30''
Bayetta State II
Lithograph overrun print, not signed or numbered, otherwise exacting to edition prints, 31'' x 24''
Pajeha State I
Lithograph, signed/numbered edition of 150, 22'' x 30''
Turquoise Woman
Lithograph, signed and dated by the artist, 38'' x 35''
Woman from Gallup
Lithograph, signed and numbered, edition of 200, 30'' x 22''
Grace
Lithograph, signed/dated, EPI edition, 32'' x 23 5/8''
