Alfred Kee Gorman, Koshares
Alfred Kee Gorman
1957-1966
Diné (Navajo)
Date
c.1965
Medium Specific
poster paint on mat board
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
21 x 30 in. (53.3 x 76.2 cm)
Accession Number
2010.35.15.15
Credit
Gift of Dr. Alan Kite
Memo / Artist Statement
Kee Gorman was Carl Gorman's son who died in July 1966 in a car accident. The incident devastated Carl and he stopped painting entirely until he came to UC Davis, when he started painting Chumash Rock art, likely those held in the collections. See Greenberg and Greenberg for further reading.
Biography
Youngest son of Carl Gorman, tragically died in a car accident. VLP