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What type of art did RC Gorman make?

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What type of art did RC Gorman make?
R.C. Gorman was a famed Native American sculptor, painter and lithographer. He primarily painted Indigenous women in bold colors and fluid forms. You can shop a selection of pieces by R.C. Gorman from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
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Zia, State II
By Rudolph Carl Gorman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Zia" State II, 1979 Is an original colors lithograph on Buff Arches paper by renown Navajo artist Rudolph Carl Gorman, 1932-2005. It is signed, dated and number...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled
By Rudolph Carl Gorman
Located in Santa Fe, NM
UNTITLED charcoal on paper unique ©1969 R.C. Gorman
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Yuyake
By Rudolph Carl Gorman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Yuyake" 1981 Is an original colors woodcut by renown Navajo artist Rudolph Carl Gorman, 1932-2005. It is signed, dated and numbered 197/210 in pencil by the artist. This artwork was printed in Tokyo, Japan. The image size is 14.5 x 19.5 inches, framed size is 26.5 x 31 inches. Custom framed in a light wood and gold frame, with fabric matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame have a minor black spot at the lower right corner, see picture #1 About the artist: Born in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona and raised in a hogan on the Navajo Reservation, R.C. Gorman became one of the Southwest's best known late 20th-century artists. His signature works were Navajo women in a variety of poses. Many persons have been fascinated by the fact that he, an Indian artist, became famous in the white man's world with some calling him the "Picasso of Indian artists". Of this kind of attention, he said: "I wish people would quit pushing my being Indian. The only time I was interviewed as If I were a normal person was by the Jewish Press in Tucson. It was the first time I felt international and almost white". (Samuels 222) His parents were Carl Nelson...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

'Gladia' original lithograph in colors signed by Rudolph Carl Gorman
By Rudolph Carl Gorman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Gladia' is an original color lithograph by the renown printmaker R.C. Gorman. from Arizona, the artist's later works focus almost entirely on the female figure and take Native American and Southwestern imagery as a source of inspiration. Here, a single woman sits in a colorful yet undefined space. The oval shape of her broad seated form is repeated in the delicately drawn shape of the flower basket at her feet. The basket contains a bundle of multicolor gladiolus flowers...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Fatima' original lithograph in colors signed by Rudolph Carl Gorman
By Rudolph Carl Gorman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Fatima' is an original color lithograph by the renown printmaker R.C. Gorman. from Arizona, the artist's later works focus almost entirely on the female figure and take Native American and Southwestern imagery as a source of inspiration. Here, a single woman sits in a colorful yet undefined space. The form of her yellow dress as she kneels is repeated in the delicately drawn bunches gladiolus flowers...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'The Turquoise Suite' complete portfolio of lithographs by Rudolph Carl Gorman
By Rudolph Carl Gorman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'The Turquoise Suite' is a portfolio of three original color lithograph by the renown printmaker R.C. Gorman. From Arizona, the artist's later works fo...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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