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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Chimpanzee
By Mel Ramos
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Chimpanzee
1971
Screenprint
31 1/2 x 22 in.
Edition of 125
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art
Condition: This work ...
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1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Screen
Mel Ramos 'Virnaburger' (or Verna Burger) signed print
By Mel Ramos
Located in San Rafael, CA
Mel Ramos (1935-2018)
Virnaburger (Verna Burger), 1965
Offset lithograph
A proof aside from the numbered edition of 500
Signed and dated LR: M Ramos 65
Image 19 x 14 inches
In a vint...
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1960s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Offset
O from the Hollywood Suite, Pop Art Painting by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: O from the Hollywood Suite
Year: 2009
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 39.5 in. x 30 in. (100.33 cm x 76.2 cm)
Frame S...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Oil
Mixed Nuts, Pop Art Pin-Up Enamel Print by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: Mixed Nuts
Year: 2008
Medium: Enamel on Steel, signed and numbered in marker
Edition: 125, 25 AP
Size: 28 in. x 20 in. x 1.5 in. (71.12 c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Miss Kiss (Lightbox), Pop Art Wall Sculpture by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: Miss Kiss (Lightbox)
Year: 2015
Medium: 3-D Sculpture multiple: Lightbox with Steelcut, Acrylic Paint, electrical cord and switch
Edition...
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2010s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Steel, Enamel
Velasquez Vision, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos
Title: Velazquez Vision
Year: 1974
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 245/250
Image Size: 16 x 23 inches
Paper Size: 19.25 x 27 inches
Fr...
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1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
PEEK A BOO MARILYN TRIPTYCH
By Mel Ramos
Located in Aventura, FL
Set of 3 lithographs on heavy smooth white wove paper. Each sheet measures 31.5 x 23 inches. Each hand signed and numbered in pencil. Numbered A.P. 18/50 (artist's proofs aside fro...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
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