Chili Fiesta

Chili Fiesta, an R.C. Gorman lithograph, depicts a seated Navajo woman in a vibrant crimson blouse, periwinkle-blue skirt, and a rich lavender sash, her long turquoise bead necklace cascading across her chest. Beside her sits a round polychrome bowl painted in black-and-white geometric pattern, brimming with freshly picked red and green chiles, while stray chile pods tumble across the warm peach ground around her. The background is a sun-bright gradient that rises from vivid golden yellow at the horizon up to warm peach, evoking a blazing New Mexico afternoon. Signed and numbered from a limited edition, Chili Fiesta is a joyous acquisition for collectors of Gorman chile imagery, Southwest harvest art, and Native American fine art lithographs.