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Mel Ramos

Regard Gérard

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July 19, 04:45 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Mel Ramos

1935 - 2018


Regard Gérard

signed and dated 74 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

80.3 by 68.5 in.

204 by 174 cm.

Executed in 1974.

Private Collection, France

Osuna Art & Antiques, Kensington, Maryland 

Acquired from the above in 1984 by the present owner

Gregory Battcock, ed., Arts Magazine, vol. 49, New York 1974, p. 65

Gregory Battcock, Super Realism: A Critical Anthology, New York 1975, p. 227, illustrated in color

Elizabeth Claridge, The Girls of Mel Ramos, New York 1975, p. 151, illustrated in color

John George, ed., Art And Artists, vol. 10, London 1975, p. 50

Thomas Levy, ed., Mel Ramos: Heroines, Goddesses, Beauty Queens, Bielefeld 2002, pp. 54, 62 and 235

Donald Kuspit, Mel Ramos: Pop Art Fantasies, New York 2004, p. 149, illustrated in color

Thomas Levy, ed., Mel Ramos: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings 1953-2015, Bielefeld 2016, cat. no. 74-1, p. 214, illustrated in color