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Mel Ramos Art

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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Artist: Mel Ramos
Nude Descending a Staircase, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - ) Title: Nude Descending a Staircase Year: 2012 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Editi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mel Ramos Art

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Lithograph

Nude Descending a Staircase, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - ) Title: Nude Descending a Staircase Year: 2012 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Editi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mel Ramos Art

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Lithograph

Devil Doll, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - 2018) Title: Devil Doll Year: 1997 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 199 Paper Size: 29 x 22.5 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mel Ramos Art

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Lithograph

Nude Descending a Staircase, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - ) Title: Nude Descending a Staircase Year: 2012 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil E...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mel Ramos Art

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Lithograph

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