Flowers of Los Lunas

Flowers of Los Lunas, 1987, a striking lithograph by R.C. Gorman that grounds a solitary Navajo woman in the high desert landscape. Wearing cream and rose-pink garments, she gazes downward at a blooming desert cactus with vivid pink and red flowers, while behind her rise the majestic purple mesas and adobe structures of the New Mexico landscape. Scattered golden textile pieces anchor the composition, suggesting layers of Navajo cultural life. Gorman’s warm sunset palette and masterful rendering of female presence within sacred land make this a defining work for collectors of Southwest fine art and Native American figurative traditions.