Concha

Concha, a 1987 R.C. Gorman lithograph, focuses on a seated Navajo woman turned away from the viewer, her gaze toward the horizon as a wide silver concho belt gleams at her waist. She wears a deep indigo and plum blouse over a brilliant scarlet skirt that pools around her bare feet, her hair swept into a low bun tied with a white ribbon. The ground and sky merge into one continuous lavender to peach gradient, a cool dusk giving way to a warm horizon line. Gorman’s signature line work and smooth colored-pencil modeling turn the concho belt into the jewel-like focal point of the composition. A must-have acquisition for collectors of Gorman lithographs, Southwest fine art, and Native American figurative prints.