Chief’s Blanket St I

Chief’s Blanket State I, a 1980 R.C. Gorman lithograph, pictures a seated Navajo woman enveloped in a classic First Phase Chief’s Blanket rendered in bold cobalt blue, brick red, and crisp black-and-white banded stripes. The iconic red geometric cross shapes punctuate the weave across her shoulders and spill onto the warm honey-yellow ground beneath her. Gorman’s flat color planes honor the historic Navajo weaving tradition while his soft shading of her face and dark hair lend a quiet solemnity. Signed and numbered from a limited edition, this print is a landmark textile-portrait and an essential acquisition for collectors of Gorman lithographs, Navajo weaving art, and Southwest fine art prints that celebrate First Phase wearing blankets.