Female Nude 60’s Bee

Female Nude 60’s Bee, dated 1963, is a striking graphite portrait study by R.C. Gorman showing a standing female figure with voluminous dark hair styled in an elegant updo or beehive, her profile noble and serene. Gorman employs sophisticated crosshatching and textural marks to create richly modeled form, the dark hair rendered with particular expressive intensity. The figure wears delicate dangling earrings, adding a note of refinement and personal character. The classical contrapposto pose and gallery-quality execution make this a significant figurative work from Gorman’s prolific 1960s period. Essential for serious collectors of portrait and figure studies.