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.| Styles |
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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...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Oil
$750,000
H 41.25 in W 31.25 in
Monterey Jackie, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - 2018)
Title: Monterrey Jackie
Year: 2010
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 199
Size: 32 x 23.5 in. (81.28 x 59.69 cm)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
Tea at 5pm (Mondrian and Wesselmann), Pop Art Screenprint by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: Tea at 5pm (Mondrian and Wesselmann)
Year: 2008
Medium: Enamel on Steel, signed and numbered in marker
Edition: 125, 25 AP
Size: 23.5 x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Enamel, Cut Steel
$9,000
H 23.5 in W 27.5 in D 1.5 in
The Pause that Refreshes (Drew Barrymore), Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos
Title: Lola Cola #5 (Drew Barrymore)
Year: 2005
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 199
Paper Size: 34 x 2...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
Dunkin
Donuts (Cindy Crawford), Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos (American, b. 1935)
Title: Dunkin' Donuts (Cindy Crawford)
Year: 2006
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 1...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
$4,500
H 44 in W 33.5 in
Hav a Havana #6, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos (American, b. 1935)
Title: Hav a Havana #6
Year: 2005
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 199
Size: 22.5 in. x 22.5 in. (57.15 cm x 57.15 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
Mel Ramos - Caramia Caramello, 2008, Lithograph, Pop Art, Nude, Signed Print
By Mel Ramos
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mel Ramos (born 1935)
Caramia Caramello, 2008
Medium: Lithograph in colors
Dimensions: 94.5 x 58 cm
Edition of 199: Hand-signed and numbered
Condition: Excellent
“Mr. Ramos (…) bega...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
$10,181
H 37.21 in W 22.84 in
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
Materials
Lithograph
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