Kinnalda

Kinnalda, 1986, lithograph by R.C. Gorman. Two Navajo women sit together on the high desert floor, their poses suggesting conversation or companionship. One wears a mauve-pink dress; the other is garbed in vibrant coral-orange with an ivory textile accent. Both have dark hair and sit barefoot on the warm golden sand. The background reveals a brilliant turquoise sky populated with distant mesas in rust and ochre tones, the landscape affirming the southwestern setting. Gorman captures both the friendship of the figures and the magnificent geography surrounding them.