Ceremony

Ceremony, a 1992 R.C. Gorman lithograph, pictures a kneeling Navajo woman in a glowing seafoam-green and turquoise robe holding an eagle-feather fan before her face in ceremonial offering. Behind her, distant indigo mountains cradle a dramatic sunset of peach, coral, and warm cream, while scattered sacred corn, gourds, and rattles are arranged on the warm terracotta ground at her feet. Her dark hair is tied with a soft periwinkle ribbon. Gorman fuses ceremonial Navajo regalia with his signature lush color blocking to produce one of his most reverent images of the decade. Signed and numbered from a limited edition, Ceremony is an essential acquisition for collectors of Gorman ceremonial imagery, Navajo spiritual art, and Southwest fine art lithographs.