R. C. Gorman: The Radiance of My People.

GORMAN, R. C. [1931 - 2005].

ISBN 10: 0963327100 / ISBN 13: 9780963327109

Published by Santa Fe Fine Arts,, Santa Fe, 1992

About this Item

First edition / First printing. Signed on the half-title pge by R. C. Gorman. Red cloth. 184 pages. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. In a review of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Masterworks from the Museum of the American Indian" exhibition, the New York Times referred to Gorman as the Picasso of American-Indian Art.

Seller Inventory # 18635-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: R. C. Gorman: The Radiance of My People.
• Publisher: Santa Fe Fine Arts,, Santa Fe
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0963327100
• ISBN 13: 9780963327109
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: R. C. Gorman
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Weight: 6 pounds
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art
  • Signed Books
  • Western Americana

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Synopsis

R.C. Gorman (born 1931) was perhaps the leading Native American artist in the United States. Gorman's themes were universal and transcended the boundaries of the Navajo culture in which he was raised. Gorman's portraits of Navajo women were executed in a free-flowing style with vivid colors. He was sometimes called the "Picasso of American Indian artists." Gorman described himself in his autobiography R.C. Gorman: The Radiance of My People as a descendant of sand painters, silversmiths, chanters, and weavers on both sides of his family. Gorman gave thought to his legacy in his autobiography: "If I'm remembered at all, I'd be very surprised and amused. I don't really think about it or worry about it. But I suppose I would like to be remembered that I was an earnest worker. That I cared. That I know anyone can get what they want if they work hard enough. After all, I'm just a little boy from the reservation who used to herd sheep at Black Mountain."