Cholena St III

Cholena State III, a 1980 R.C. Gorman lithograph, is the nude-shouldered companion state to Cholena St I and II, re-imagining the same three-quarter-profile Navajo woman with bare shoulders in warm flesh tones against a cream ground, the loose rose-pink smudge at the shoulder serving as the only garment accent. Her dark hair sweeps into a low chignon while the warm peach and sienna modeling of her skin gives the print a sensitive, almost drawing-study intimacy. Signed and numbered from a small limited edition in the margin, Cholena St III completes the Cholena triptych beautifully. A highly collectible pickup for collectors of Gorman portrait lithographs, Navajo figure studies, and small-format Southwest fine art prints.