Cactus Flowers

Cactus Flowers, a 1989 R.C. Gorman lithograph, arranges a seated Pueblo woman in a plum-brown blouse and soft cream skirt beside a magnificent Acoma olla, scattered prickly-pear blossoms of rose pink, burgundy, and violet spilling across the warm sienna ground at her feet. She hugs her knees thoughtfully as the bold black-and-terracotta geometric patterning of the large jar anchors the right side of the composition. The background transitions from a dusty peach horizon up through pale lilac and soft blue, evoking the pastel calm of a high-desert evening. Signed and numbered from a limited edition, Cactus Flowers is a centerpiece selection for collectors of Gorman pottery imagery, Southwest floral art, and Native American fine art lithographs.