Gorgeous signed and numbered lithograph of "Su-Sho-Bah", signed 1980, No. 12/100. Rudolph Carl Gorman was born in Chinle, Arizona. His mother was Adele Katherine Brown, and his father Carl Nelson Gorman was a noted Navajo painter and teacher, who later became a Navajo code talker during World War II. Rudolph Carl Gorman (July 26, 1931 [x=#8211/] November 3, 2005) was a Native American artist of the Navajo Nation. Referred to as "the Picasso of American Indian artists" by The New York Times, his paintings are primarily of Native American women & characterized by fluid forms and vibrant colors, though he also worked in sculpture, ceramics, and stone lithography. He was also an avid lover of cuisine, authoring four cookbooks, (with accompanying drawings) called Nudes and Food. (Wikipedia). Vivid colors 22" x 29.5" framed 28" x 36".
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Date: 1980