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
Marquet
s Mannequin /// Mel Ramos Figurative Nude Woman Lady Pop Art Lithograph
By Mel Ramos
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Mel Ramos (American, 1935-2018)
Title: "Marquet's Mannequin"
*Unsigned proof
Year: 1979
Medium: Original Lithograph on unbranded white wove paper
Limited edition: an unsigned...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
H 28.13 in W 21.07 in
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
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
$10,095
H 37.21 in W 22.84 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
Navel Orange
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - 2018)
Title: Navel Orange
Year: 2013
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 36/999
Image Size: 8.5 x 7 inches
Frame Size: 19....
Category
2010s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
Hav a Havana #10, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - 2018)
Title: Hav a Havana #10
Year: 2015
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 199
Image Size: 22.25 x 36.5 inches
Size: 29.2...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
Playboy Bunny
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos (American, b. 1935)
Title: Playboy Bunny
Year: 2012
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 199
Image Size: 16....
Category
2010s Pop Art Mel Ramos
Materials
Lithograph
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