Female Nude II

Female Nude II (1972) is an early R.C. Gorman stone lithograph presenting a reclining female nude from a dramatic overhead perspective. The figure rests with one knee raised and the other leg folded outward, creating a sweeping composition built from elongated curves, open negative space, and carefully placed areas of shadow. Her dark hair spreads beneath her head, while loosely worked graphite-like marks surround the body and heighten the immediacy of the drawing. Gorman’s restrained black-and-white treatment focuses attention on gesture, anatomy, and the elegant rhythm of the pose. Produced in a limited edition of only 30, Female Nude II is a scarce early work that will appeal to collectors of Gorman’s nude studies, monochrome lithographs, and expressive works on paper.