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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Period: 20th Century
Artist: Mel Ramos
Mel Ramos, Hav-A-Havana 3 - Lithograph, Pop Art, Nude, Signed Print
By Mel Ramos
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mel Ramos (American, born 1935)
Hav-A-Havana 3, 1999
Medium: Lithograph in colors, on wove paper
Dimensions: 57.5 x 57.5 cm
Edition of 199: Hand-signed and numbered
Condition: Mint
Category
20th Century Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
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...
Category
1960s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Offset
"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 Art
Materials
Lithograph
Phantom Lady
By Mel Ramos
Located in Greenwich, CT
Phantom Lady is a serigraph on paper, mounted on black paper. The image size is 31 x 24 inches and the print is signed lower right in the black paper 'Mel Ramos' and numbered lower left. From the edition of 289, numbered 56/100 (there were also another 10 APs and 5 PPs mounted on black paper and the versions on just white paper - 100 Arabic plus 10 AP and 5 PPs). Robert Bane...
Category
20th Century Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Screen, Paper
Senorita Rio (from One Cent Life)
By Mel Ramos
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Mel Ramos
Title: Senorita Rio (from One Cent Life)
Series: One Cent Life
Year: 1964
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: 16.25 x 23"
Provenance: Private Collection, Berlin
Origin...
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1960s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tiger Girl
By Mel Ramos
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Mel Ramos
Title: Tiger Girl
Portfolio: 1¢ Life
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1964
Edition: 2000
Image Size: 16.25 in x 11.75 in
Sold Unframed
Category
1960s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Señorita Rio, from the Deluxe signed edition of 1 Cent Life Portfolio (85/100)
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...
Category
1950s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph, Pencil
Hav-a-Havana Mel Ramos at Kantor Gallery (Hand Signed by Mel Ramos)
By Mel Ramos
Located in New York, NY
Mel Ramos at Kantor Gallery (Hand Signed), 1997
Limited Edition Offset Lithograph (hand signed by Mel Ramos)
Pencil signed and dated on lower front
Frame Included: framed in dark woo...
Category
1990s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Tomato Catsup, A.C. Annie, Lola Cola, Tobacco Red
By Mel Ramos
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Four prints by Mel Ramos. “Tomato Catsup, A.C. Annie, Lola Cola,” and “Tobacco Red” are pop art, offset lithographs in a palette of yellows, orange, and pink by the playful Mel Ramos. The artwork is signed in pencil in the lower right of each print, “Mel Ramos 72.” Framed dimensions are 37 x 31 5/8 x 1 7/8 inches each.
Mel Ramos is a California based Pop artist best known for his paintings of superheroes and female nudes, including Marilyn Monroe and Scarlet Johansson, with pop culture imagery. Many of his subjects emerge from Chiquita bananas...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Batman and Robin postcard (hand signed by Mel Ramos)
By Mel Ramos
Located in New York, NY
Mel Ramos
Batman and Robin (Hand signed Postcard), ca. 1991
Offset Lithograph on Card
Hand signed by the artist on the lower front
Held in original v...
Category
1990s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Ink, Postcard, Offset
I Still Get A Thrill When I See Bill I
By Mel Ramos
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Mel Ramos
Title: I Still Get A Thrill When I See Bill I
Medium: Lithograph in colors
Date: 1979
Signed, dated and numbered 81/500 in pencil
Excellent condition
Dimensions: 28...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
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...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Candy (Baby Ruth), by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: Candy (Baby Ruth)
Year: 1981
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 250
Paper Size: 24.5 in...
Category
1980s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Modern Pop Art Dita Mel Ramos Stainless Steel Nude Sculpture
By Mel Ramos
Located in Zug, CH
MEL RAMOS (1935-2018)
Dita
2017
Cast and polished stainless steel
58 x 33 x 26 cm
22.83 x 12.99 x 10.24 inches
Number 29 of 60,
Edition of 60 + 6 A.P.
Cast signature and number on b...
Category
20th Century Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Leta and the Hill Myna
By Mel Ramos
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Leta and the Hill Myna" is a painting by American Pop artist Mel Ramos. The work is signed verso "Mel Ramos".
Mel Ramos is a California based Pop artist best known for his paintings of superheroes and female nudes, including Marilyn Monroe and Scarlet Johansson, with pop culture imagery. Many of his subjects emerge from Chiquita bananas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chic from 11 Pop Artists by Mel Ramos 1965
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: Chic from 11 Pop Artists
Year: 1965
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, XXII/L
...
Category
1960s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Screen
Leo
By Mel Ramos
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Mel Ramos
Leo
1971-72
4 color serigraph
25 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.
Edition of 150
Pencil signed and number
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art
Conditi...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Screen
Leo, Silkscreen by Mel Ramos 1972
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: Leo
Year: 1972
Medium: Serigraph (unsigned)
Edition Size: 3000
Image Size: 12 x 17 inches
Size: 14 x 18 in. (35.56 x 45.72 cm)
Published...
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1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Screen
Phantom Lady
By Mel Ramos
Located in New York, NY
Colorful Pop Art screenprint by Mel Ramos from a limited edition of 100. Signed by Ramos and numbered in pencil. Printed by Accent Studios, Los Angeles. Published by Robert Bane...
Category
1980s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Screen
The Rounder Pop Art Mel Ramos Nude Boxing Print Lithograph blue
By Mel Ramos
Located in Zug, CH
MEL RAMOS (1935-2018)
The Rounder
1999
Lithograph
92.1 x 48.9 cm
36.26 x 19.25 inches
Edition of 199 with HC 20
Edition HC 12/20
Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
20th Century Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Nile Queen
By Mel Ramos
Located in Saugatuck, MI
Based on the original painting from 1963, this is a hand-signed and numbered limited edition lithograph printed in 1999. Mel Ramos is famous for his comic characters and also his ski...
Category
1990s Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Camilla, Pop Art Serigraph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: Camilla
Year: 1989
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 161
Image Size: 37 x 32 inches
Paper Size: 42 in. x ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Screen
Bonnard's Bath
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos
Title: Bonnard's Bath
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 500, HC
Paper Size: 21 x 28 inches
Frame Size: 29 x 35 inches
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Corvette, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - 2018)
Title: Corvette
Year: 2003
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 149/199
Image Size: 17.75 x 27.5 inches
Size: 23 x 34...
Category
1980s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Lola Cola
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: Lola Cola
Year: 1972
Medium: Lithograph, signed and dated in pencil
Edition: 2500
Paper Size: 30.5 in. x 25 in. (77.47 cm x 63.5 cm)
Fram...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tiger Girl
By Mel Ramos
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Mel Ramos
Medium: Lithograph
Title: Tiger Girl
Portfolio: 1¢ Life
Year: 1963
Edition Size: 2000
Framed Size: 22.5 x 18 inches
Image Size: 16 1/4 x 1...
Category
1960s Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Miss Fruit Salad
By Mel Ramos
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Mel Ramos
Miss Fruit Salad
1989
Screenprint
45 1/2 x 38 in.
Edition of 69
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by G...
Category
1980s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Screen
Manet's Olympia
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos
Title: Manet's Olympia
Year: 1974
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 147/200
Image Size: 16 x 23 inches
Paper Size: 19.25 x 27 inches
Fram...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Hav a Havana III, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: Hav a Havana III
Year: 1998
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP 3/50
Image Size: 25.75 x 13.25 inches
Size: 31...
Category
1990s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Zebra
By Mel Ramos
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Mel Ramos
Zebra
1979
6 color lithograph
25 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.
Edition of 250
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art
Cond...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Verna Burger
By Mel Ramos
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Mel Ramos
Verna Burger
1965
Lithograph
21 1/2 x 17 in.
Edition of 500
Pencil signed and numbered
ABOUT THE WORK
Verna Burger was Mel Ramos' very first lithog...
Category
1960s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Candy
By Mel Ramos
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Mel Ramos
Candy
1979
6 color lithograph
24 3/8 x 20 in.
Artist Proof Edition of 35
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Gee Gee, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos (American, b. 1935)
Title: Gee Gee
Year: 1997
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 19 x 18.5 in.
Size: 28.5 in. x 22 in....
Category
1990s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Hav a Havana I
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
This is the most sought after Cigar image by Mel Ramos.
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: Hav a Havana I
Year: 1996
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edi...
Category
1990s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
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 ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Screen
Lola Cola #4 (Michelle Pfeiffer), Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos
Title: Lola Cola #4 (Michelle Pfeiffer)
Year: 2004
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 199, HC L
Paper...
Category
1990s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Senorita Rio, from 1¢ Life
By Mel Ramos
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Mel Ramos
Title: Senorita Rio
Portfolio: 1¢ Life
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1963
Edition: 2000
Frame Size: 26" x 26 1/4"
Image Size: 15 1/2" x 16 1/4"
Signature: Unsigned
Category
1960s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
I Still Get a Thrill When I See Bill III, Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos (American, b. 1935)
Title: I Still Get a Thrill When I See Bill III
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil
Edition: 175, HC
Image Size: 26.5 x 18.5 in...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Wonder Woman, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos (American, b. 1935)
Title: Wonder Woman
Year: 1981
Medium: Lithograph, signedand numbered in pencil
Edition: 250
Size: 24.5 in. x 20 in. (62.23 cm x 50.8 cm)
Category
1980s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
I Still Get A Thrill When I See Bill II
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos (American, b. 1935)
Title: I Still Get a Thrill When I See Bill II
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil
Edition: 175, HC
Image Size: 26.5 x 18.5 inc...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
I Still Get A Thrill When I See Bill I
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos (American, b. 1935)
Title: I Still Get a Thrill When I See Bill I
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil
Edition: 175, HC
Image Size: 26.5 x 18.5 inch...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
Gitanes, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos
Title: Gitanes
Year: 1999
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 199
Image: 26 x 17 inches
Paper Size: 31 x 22.5 inches
Category
1990s Pop Art Mel Ramos Art
Materials
Lithograph
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