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Lot 183
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Mel Ramos

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description

  • Mel Ramos
  • Butterfinger
  • oil on linen
  • 177.8 by 127cm.; 70 by 50in.
  • Executed in 1995.

Provenance

Modernism Inc., San Francisco
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

San Francisco, Modernism Inc., Mel Ramos: The Lost Paintings of 1965, 1996

Literature

Donald Kuspit, Mel Ramos, Pop Art Fantasies: The Complete Paintings, New York 2004, p. 226, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the background is brighter and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are scattered surface accretions towards the bottom edge of the canvas, which fluoresce brightly under ultraviolet light and do not appear to have been retouched.
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