Mel Ramos
American, 1935-2018
Mel Ramos’s provocative, humorous paintings mix idealized nude women with the imagery of popular culture—Coca Cola bottles, movie posters, and the like. A prolific artist from his emergence in the 1960s onward, Ramos has often based his nudes on the female celebrities of the day, from Marilyn Monroe to Scarlett Johansson. His style references the sensuality and glossy flatness of pin-ups and Playboy spreads and has drawn the ire of feminists and art critics alike, despite Ramos’s assertion that his works are “apolitical”. Though clearly aligned with Pop art in his appropriation of imagery from mass media and consumer products, Ramos calls his practice rooted in Surrealism and its emphasis on “absurd conjunctions”—in his case, a beautiful nude woman emerging from a Snickers wrapper or lounging seductively in a banana split.(Biography provided by Hamilton-Selway Fine Art)
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Mel Ramos 'Barbiburger' 2006, Enamel print on aluminum, Framed
By Mel Ramos
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
MEL RAMOS (American, b. 1935)
"Barbiburger"
2006
Enamel print on aluminum
Image: 6 x 4 inches (15.2 x 10.2 cm)
Framed: 14 x 12 inches
Published by Galerie der Moderne, Mains, Germany...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Peace /// Mel Ramos Figurative Woman Nude Pop Art Typography Lithograph Print
By Mel Ramos
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Mel Ramos (American, 1935-2018)
Title: "Peace"
*Unsigned edition
Year: 1970
Medium: Original Offset-Lithograph on light smooth wove paper
Limited edition: 50, (there was also...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Señorita Rio Deluxe Hand signed edition of 1 Cent Life Portfolio (85/100) Framed
By Mel Ramos
Located in New York, NY
MEL RAMOS
Señorita Rio, from the Deluxe signed edition of 1 Cent Life (Artists & Collaborators), 1963
Color lithograph on wove paper
Hand signed and dated on the lower right front; print numbered on the colophon page a copy of which is affixed to the back of the frame (see photo)
Edition 85/100
Published by E.W. Kornfeld, Germany, Written by Walasse Ting, Edited by Sam Francis
Framed: Elegantly floated and framed in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass
Provenance: Acquired from original, complete 1 Cent Life Portfolio, # 85/100 (Artists & Collaborators) from the Estate and Collection of Robert Indiana
This original lithograph, splayed across two pages, is from the Deluxe edition of the legendary 1 Cent Life Portfolio, one of the most documented and celebrated artistic collaborations of the 1960s. Chinese American artist and writer Walasse Ting, in collaboration with Sam Francis, assembled a group of the most significant Pop and Abstract Expressionist artists in America, including Pop Artist Mel Ramos, along with the European COBRA artist to create the definitive artistic portfolio, with text by Walasse Ting. The Deluxe edition, which features hand signed prints was published in a limited edition of only 100. This is one of them. Of the 100, editions numbered 60-100, or 40 portfolios, were reserved exclusively for Artists & Collaborators. This hand signed Mel Ramos lithograph is from the portfolio numbered 85 (Artists & Collaborators), which was acquired from the Estate and Collection of Robert Indiana, one of the artists who contribute to the 1 Cent Life portfolio. The racy text to the right of the print -- an anti-Corporate American screed, was written by Walasse Ting.
It is elegantly floated and framed in. amuseum frame with UV plexiglass.
Signed examples of this portfolio with such superb provenance rarely appear on the marketplace. This is a true collectors item, from the most desirable and influential era in Pop Art history.
Mel Ramos became famous for his ironic portraits of pin ups and how they are used in American advertising. (see detailed biography below). The poem called America to the right of the lithograph, entitled "America" was written by Chinese born artist Walasse Ting, and matches the image perfectly, as it's also a commentary on American commercial culture. The poem begins:
Brain made by IBM & FBI
stomach supported by A & P
and Horn & Hardart
love supported by Time & Life
tongue supported by
American Telephone & Telegraph
soul made by 7up
skin start with Max Factor
heart red as U.S. Steel
Measurements:
Framed
19 inches vertical by 26 inches by 2 inches
Lithograph
16 inches vertical by 22.5 inches
More about the Signed (Deluxe) Edition of 1 Cent Life portfolio
In 1962, the Chinese-American artist Walasse Ting shared his dream project with painter Sam Francis: to create an anthology of his poetry illustrated by leading artists of their time. Over the next two years, Ting and Francis recruited leading Abstract Expressionists and Pop artists—Andy Warhol, Joan Mitchell, Robert Rauschenberg...
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1950s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Pencil, Lithograph
Mel Ramos, Cat Woman #1 - Signed Print, Pop Art
By Mel Ramos
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mel Ramos
Cat Woman #1, 2011
Lithograph in colors
23 1/5 × 23 1/5 in 59 × 59 cm
Edition of 199: Hand-signed and numbered
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
Mel Ramos, Wonder Woman #3 - Signed Print, Pop Art
By Mel Ramos
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mel Ramos
Wonder Woman #3, 2010
Lithograph in colors
35 4/5 × 29 1/2 in 91 × 75 cm
Edition of 199: Hand-signed and numbered
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
Mel Ramos, Black Cat - Signed Print, Pop Art
By Mel Ramos
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mel Ramos
Black Cat, 2018
Screenprint in colors
39 2/5 × 28 in 100 × 71 cm
Edition of 120: Hand-signed and numbered
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Screen
Mel Ramos, Toblerone Tess - Lithograph, 2007, Pop Art, Nude, Signed Print
By Mel Ramos
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mel Ramos (born 1935)
Toblerone Tess, 2007
Medium: Llithograph in colors
Dimensions: 58 x 94 cm
Edition of 199: Hand-signed and numbered
Condition: Flawless
“Mr. Ramos (…) began pai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
"Tiger Girl" original lithograph
By Mel Ramos
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1964 and published by Eberhard Kornfeld for the 1 Cent Life portfolio in an edition of 2000. Size: 16 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (408 x 290 mm). Ther...
Category
1960s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
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