Cochiti

Cochiti, a 1985 R.C. Gorman lithograph, presents a Navajo woman seated beside a large cream-colored Cochiti pottery bowl decorated with bold black geometric banding. She wears a rich cranberry and burgundy shawl that shades toward aubergine at her shoulders, her hair pulled into a low bun tied with a white ribbon, a turquoise earring catching the light at her ear. The twilight sky rises from dusky blue to a soft apricot and rose horizon, while the warm peach ground carries her and the pottery together in a quiet, stately pairing. Gorman balances the curve of the pot against the sweep of her blanket with characteristic compositional grace. A must-have acquisition for collectors of Gorman lithographs, Southwest fine art, and Native American figurative prints.