1987 RC Gorman "Monument Valley" A/P Artists Proof Limited Edition Matted Wood Framed Serigraph

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Excellent Condition
1987 Printing
Ready to Display

R.C. Gorman
"Monument Valley"
A/P Artists Proof
Limited Edition Matted
Wood Framed Serigraph … Read more Excellent Condition
1987 Printing
Ready to Display

R.C. Gorman
"Monument Valley"
A/P Artists Proof
Limited Edition Matted
Wood Framed Serigraph

Frame size is approximately 40 1/2" H x 49 1/2" W
image size approximately 29 1/8" H x 36 1/4" W

Please Read ! This masterful work is by world renowned artist R.C. Gorman ~ It is professionally and beautifully framed and ready to display ~ this artwork will enhance the mood and charm no matter where you choose to display it ~ there are some quite minor condition issues with some signs of handling on the frame ~ please see photos for condition details ~ tracking number included with all shipments ~ All items are from a smoke free environment. We ship orders every day, and same day when possible. Your complete satisfaction is our goal!

About the Artist:

Artist R.C. Gorman was a renowned Native American artist whose work has been displayed in countless galleries in the U.S. and museums such as NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Gorman was descended from generations of Navajo craftsmen. After several years in the US Navy, his education, specifically a year at the Mexico City College, that fixed his desire to be an artist. From the 1970s, as his reputation spread throughout the USA and abroad. He is arguably the first Native American artist to be internationally recognized as a major American artist.

Artist R.C. Gorman was born in Chinle, Arizona, on July 26, 1931. Descended from generations of Navajo craftsmen, holy men, and tribal leaders, he was encouraged by a teacher at a mission school to develop his talent for art. After several years in the US Navy, he attended Arizona State College (now Northern Arizona University), but it was a visit to Mexico (1958) and then a year at the Mexico City College (now University of the Americas) that fixed his desire to be an artist.

After spending several years in San Francisco developing as a painter, he moved to Taos, NM. In 1965 he received a one-man exhibition in the Manchester Gallery there, and by 1968 his work was enjoying enough success that he bought the gallery, changed its name to Navajo Gallery, and began to exhibit and sell his own and other artists' work. The gallery was the first in the United States to be owned by a Native American. It remained for many years as his residence, studio, and gallery, where he was often present to deal personally with the growing numbers of other artists and the public who came by. From the 1970s, as his reputation spread throughout the USA and abroad, he moved on from working with oil, acrylic, and pastel to lithographs, ceramics, and occasional sculptures. Although he usually drew on SW Native American themes, he transformed them by his art into more universally significant, and aesthetic, subjects. See less