Cerrillos St I

Cerrillos State I, a 1999 R.C. Gorman lithograph, depicts a reclining Navajo woman in a rich coral-pink blouse and billowing buttery-yellow skirt, her long black hair pooling out behind her and tied with a turquoise ribbon. A large Cerrillos-style turquoise ring flashes on her finger. The background is a soft gradient that rises from warm peach at the bottom through pale pink and cream to cool powder blue at the top, evoking a gentle dawn sky. Gorman’s mastery of warm-cool balance gives the piece an airy, almost dreamlike quality. Signed and numbered from a limited edition, Cerrillos St I is a refined pickup for collectors of Gorman turquoise imagery, Southwest fine art prints, and Native American figurative lithographs.