Chili Peppers

Chili Peppers, a 1987 R.C. Gorman lithograph, presents a seated Navajo woman from behind in a richly saturated red-and-gold banded blouse and a cloud of pale pink skirts, her hair pulled into a low bun tied with a cream ribbon. A woven wicker basket brimming with red, green, and orange chiles sits at her feet, with loose chile pods scattered across the warm rose-violet ground. Behind her, a soft sunset gradient moves from dusty mauve through peach and lavender, framing the figure in evening light. Signed and numbered from a limited edition, Chili Peppers is a signature Gorman chile harvest image and a must-have acquisition for collectors of Gorman lithographs, Southwest chile art, and Native American fine art prints.