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Mel Ramos
Statue Study
- Estimate
- $40,000 - 60,000
$48,260
Lot Details
oil on canvas
signed and dated “Mel Ramos 78” on the reverse; signed, titled and dated “"STATUE STUDY" 1978 Mel Ramos” on a label affixed to the reverse
70 x 37 in. (177.8 x 94 cm)
Painted in 1978.
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Mel Ramos
American | 1935Mel 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.
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