Thistle Jar

Thistle Jar, 1987, by R.C. Gorman features a Navajo woman wrapped in a vibrant magenta blanket sitting beside two distinctive pueblo pottery vessels. The ceramic vessels display traditional geometric designs in brown and black tones, with the foreground pot bearing thistle and linear motifs characteristic of fine pottery making. The woman wears turquoise jewelry against her warm-toned skin, her dark hair loosely arranged. Gorman’s lithographic technique captures the sensuous folds of the blanket fabric and the austere beauty of handmade pottery. The warm ochre and salmon background emphasizes the subject’s dignified repose. A must-have acquisition for collectors of Gorman lithographs and Southwestern fine art featuring indigenous ceramics and figurative work.