Mother and Child (Remembering Lila) is an R.C. Gorman acrylic of a mother cradling her child close, the mother’s burgundy form wrapping around the child’s cream-white silhouette. The plain, warm ground and the saturated drapery give the painting the weight of an icon — fitting for a work whose title carries a dedication, reading as both lullaby and memorial.
The mother-and-child theme runs through every era of Gorman’s career, and this original acrylic stands among the more affecting treatments. A one-of-a-kind piece for collectors of R.C. Gorman originals, Native American family imagery, and significant Southwest paintings.
