Celestina

Celestina, a 1993 R.C. Gorman lithograph, depicts a seated Navajo woman leaning forward in a rich coral-pink blouse and voluminous flame-orange skirt as she tenderly arranges a turquoise-blue textile inside a black-and-cream geometric woven basket. Her dark hair is pulled into a low bun tied with a cream ribbon, and a small turquoise earring sparkles at her ear. The background transitions smoothly from deep cobalt blue at the top through sunset peach and terracotta at the horizon, evoking the warm glow of evening. Signed and numbered from a limited edition, Celestina is a superb late-career acquisition for collectors of Gorman textile imagery, Southwest sunset art, and Native American fine art lithographs.