Benally

Benally, a 1988 R.C. Gorman lithograph, stages a reclining Navajo woman cradled between two large Pueblo ollas against a smooth gradient ground that shifts from peach to dusty lavender. She lies at rest in a pale mauve robe and cream underskirt, her black hair spilling behind her, flanked by an Anasazi-style black-on-white painted jar at her head and a larger incised earthenware olla at her feet. Gorman’s stacked composition elegantly balances figure and pottery as equal protagonists, honoring the enduring presence of Navajo and Pueblo ceramic tradition. Printed in a limited edition and signed by the artist, this lithograph is a must-have for collectors of Gorman pottery imagery, Southwest fine art prints, and Native American figurative lithographs.