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196540 x 30 1/16 in. (101.6 x 76.4 cm)
Mel Ramos
American (Sacramento, CA, 1935 - 2018)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Color serigraph
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Schuman
Accession Number:
1976.123
Location: Not currently on view
Edition: 46/200
Printer: Knickerbocker Machine and Foundry, Inc.
Publisher: Original Editions
Portfolio: Eleven Pop Artists, Volume III (1965)
Ramos was a California native, like his friend and teacher, Wayne Thiebaud. Surrealism and then Abstract Expressionism influenced him early in his career. As his work became more figural, he turned for inspiration to the comic books he loved as a child. He painted his favorite comic book heroes and when he ran out of subjects, he began looking at other magazines for material. He combined pin-ups with commercial products, which evolved into the "Beauty and the Beast" series involving pin-ups and animals, then to an art history series reworking famous paintings of the Old Masters in his own slick style.
[Gallery label text]
From the portfolio "Eleven Pop Artists, Volume III"
[Gallery label text]
From the portfolio "Eleven Pop Artists, Volume III"
Bibliography
For general reference, see Claire Breukel catalogue raisonné "Mel Ramos. New Prints," Verlag fur Moderne Kunst, Nurnberg, 2013: cat. no. 42, p. 32
Marks
Artist's signature, lower right: Mel Ramos 65
Provenance
Purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Schuman, Rochester, NY; given to the Gallery in 1976
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Prints from the Schuman Collection Memorial Art Gallery 1/8/1977 - 2/20/1977
- Dimensions in Pop Memorial Art Gallery 1/17/2003 - 3/23/2003
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: Prints from the Schuman Collection. Article Scope: Article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 42, Issue Number: 7. Issue Date: February 1977.
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