Monument Valley

Monument Valley (1987) is an ambitious R.C. Gorman composition featuring four Navajo women in traditional blankets gathered in the iconic Utah landscape. The soaring buttes and mesas of Monument Valley create a majestic backdrop rendered in warm peachy and cool purple tones, while the figures in their vibrant blankets (blue, red, cream, white) sit together in quiet communion. The sunset gradient bathes the scene in golden light, creating a timeless moment of cultural continuity and spiritual presence. This contemporary landscape demonstrates Gorman’s continued mastery of integrating figures with the Southwest landscape. A significant work for collectors of recent Gorman paintings and Native American landscape art.