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Auction archive: Lot number 231

Mel Ramos

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$2,125
Auction archive: Lot number 231

Mel Ramos

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$2,125
Beschreibung:

Property from the Collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. Mel Ramos Follow Tobacco Rhoda, from 11 Pop Artists, Volume II 1965 Screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins. I. 28 x 21 7/8 in. (71.1 x 55.6 cm) S. 30 x 23 7/8 in. (76.2 x 60.6 cm) Signed, dated and numbered 173/200 in pencil (there were also 50 artist's proofs in Roman numerals), published by Original Editions, New York, framed.
Literature Ernst Hilger 41 Artist Bio Mel Ramos American • 1935 Follow Mel Ramos is an American Pop artist best known for his paintings of female nudes alongside brand logos. His depictions of women with everyday products celebrate aspects of popular culture represented in mass media and advertising. Like his contemporaries Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol , Ramos was inspired by comic books and grew up drawing cartoons and characters from their pages. The artist's works, including paintings, prints and works on paper, feature in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, among others. View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 231
Auction:
Datum:
24 Apr 2018
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
Beschreibung:

Property from the Collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. Mel Ramos Follow Tobacco Rhoda, from 11 Pop Artists, Volume II 1965 Screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins. I. 28 x 21 7/8 in. (71.1 x 55.6 cm) S. 30 x 23 7/8 in. (76.2 x 60.6 cm) Signed, dated and numbered 173/200 in pencil (there were also 50 artist's proofs in Roman numerals), published by Original Editions, New York, framed.
Literature Ernst Hilger 41 Artist Bio Mel Ramos American • 1935 Follow Mel Ramos is an American Pop artist best known for his paintings of female nudes alongside brand logos. His depictions of women with everyday products celebrate aspects of popular culture represented in mass media and advertising. Like his contemporaries Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol , Ramos was inspired by comic books and grew up drawing cartoons and characters from their pages. The artist's works, including paintings, prints and works on paper, feature in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, among others. View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 231
Auction:
Datum:
24 Apr 2018
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
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