Mel Ramos was an American Pop Artist best known for his paintings of nude women paired with everyday consumer goods including cigarette packs, candy, martini glasses and other popular items. The polished look of Ramos’s paintings draws from the aesthetics of mass media advertisements – as well as the work of his fellow Pop artists including Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. The blatancy of his work satirizes the commodification of the female body in the service of capitalism and consumer culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. Born in 1935 to first generation Portuguese Azorean parents in Sacramento, California, Ramos completed his BA and MA at Sacramento State College, studying under painter Wayne Thiebaud. He was heavily influenced by Superman and Wonder Woman comics, which he would later synthesize with the visual qualities of pinup posters. He was one of the first artists to elevate such aesthetics to the fine arts, and was among the twelve artists included in the seminal 1963 Pop Art exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art that initiated Pop Art and established it at the forefront of the avant-garde. He spent many decades of his life as a dedicated teacher at California State University, East Bay, and was an Artist in Residence at Syracuse University and the University of Wisconsin. The Crocker Art Museum mounted a retrospective of over 50 years of his works in 2012, the first major exhibition of his work in his hometown. The meticulous nature with which Ramos painted, and his full time teaching job led to a scarcity of his works, particularly in relation to his fellow Pop Artists; there are fewer than 1,000 Ramos paintings. A.C. Annie sold at Sotheby’s in 2012 for $1.07 million, more than 5 times its estimate. Ramos’ works feature in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and many other institutions.

Mel Ramos

&nbsp;Golden Delicious by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=mel+ramos&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mel Ramos</a>, 2010-2011.<ul><li>Mel Ramos (American, 1935-2018).</li><li>Wall sculpture in enamel on steel with 23-carat gold leaf.</li><li>Signed and numbered.</li><li>Part of an edition of 35.</li><li>This work is presented framed.</li></ul> Posing in front of the iconic bunny ears of Playboy, the blonde woman in this Mel Ramos sculpture is youthful and playful. Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Golden Delicious

Peek a Boo Marilyn Suite&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=mel+ramos&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mel Ramos</a>, 2002.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 3.</li><li>Mel Ramos (American, 1935-2018).</li><li>Lithographs.</li><li>Each signed and numbered in pencil.</li><li>Edition 199.</li><li>Each work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Peek a Boo Marilyn Suite

Tea at 5pm by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=mel+ramos&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mel Ramos</a>, 2008.<ul><li>Mel Ramos (American, 1935-2018).</li><li>Enamel on steel.</li><li>Signed and numbered in marker.</li><li>Part of an edition of 125, 25 AP.</li><li>This work is presented framed.</li></ul> Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Tea at 5pm

Martini Miss #2,&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=mel+ramos&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mel Ramos</a>, 2004.<ul><li>Mel Ramos (American, 1935-2018).</li><li>Lithograph.</li><li>Signed and numbered in pencil.</li><li>Part of an edition of 199.</li><li>This work is presented framed.</li></ul> Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Martini Miss #2

Chic from 11 Pop Artists&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=mel+ramos&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mel Ramos</a>, 1965.<ul><li>Mel Ramos (American, 1935-2018).</li><li>Screen print.</li><li>Signed and numbered in pencil.</li><li>Part of an edition of 200, XXI/L.</li><li>Published by Original Editions.</li><li>Printed by Knickerbocker Machine and Foundry, Inc., New York.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Hand-signed screenprint by American artist Mel Ramos from the portfolio 11 Pop Artists by Mel Ramos. Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Chic from 11 Pop Artists

Hav a Havana #8,&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=mel+ramos&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mel Ramos</a>, 2011.<ul><li>Mel Ramos (American, 1935-2018).</li><li>Lithograph.</li><li>Signed and numbered in pencil.</li><li>Part of an edition of 199.</li><li>Published by Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna.</li><li>Printed by Carini, Italy.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Hav a Havana #8

Miss America,&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=mel+ramos&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mel Ramos</a>, 2008.<ul><li>Mel Ramos (American, 1935-2018).</li><li>Enamel on steel.</li><li>Signed and numbered in marker.</li><li>Part of an edition of 125, 25 AP.</li><li>This work is presented framed.</li></ul> Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Miss America

Mixed Nuts by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=mel+ramos&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mel Ramos</a>, 2008.<ul><li>Mel Ramos (American, 1935-2018).</li><li>Enamel on steel.</li><li>Signed and numbered in marker.</li><li>Part of an edition of 125, 25 AP.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Mixed Nuts

Davidoff Hav a Havana IV,&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=mel+ramos&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mel Ramos</a>, 2001.<ul><li>Mel Ramos (American, 1935-2018).</li><li>Lithograph.</li><li>Signed and numbered in pencil.</li><li>Part of an edition of 199, 50 AP.</li><li>This work is presented framed.</li></ul> Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Davidoff Hav a Havana IV

Photoshop CS&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=mel+ramos&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mel Ramos</a>, 2008.<ul><li>Mel Ramos (American, 1935-2018).</li><li>Enamel on steel.</li><li>Signed and numbered in marker.</li><li>Part of an edition of 125, 25 AP.</li><li>This work is presented framed.</li></ul> Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

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