1473826

Mel Ramos Enamel Print on Aluminum, Pin-Up #1473826

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Mel Ramos Enamel Print on Aluminum, Pin-Up #1473826
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Artist: Mel Ramos

Title: Pepsi Cola

Year: 2005

Medium: Enamel print on Aluminum, signed and numbered in marker

Edition: 999

Paper Size: 16 x 16 inches [40.64 x 40.64 cm]




1935 Born: July 24, Sacramento, CA



Though primarily a figurative painter, Mel Ramos has experimented freely with realist and abstract art forms for the past twenty years. A few of his works, such as the ones here, embody both formats. This combination works to enhance the detail and feature of each format while detracting from the duality of the image making it wholly singular. The popularity of his works is evident in the fact that since 1959 he has participated in more than 120 group shows. Born in Sacramento, Calif. in 1935 he has enjoyed great success and critical acclaim as an adventuresome artist with the creativity and sense of humor it takes to remain on top. Mel Ramos received his first important recognition in the early 1960s. Ramos, along with other artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg and James Rosenquist, produced art works that celebrated aspects of popular culture as represented in mass media. His paintings were shown along with theirs in major exhibitions of Pop Art both in this country and in Europe and were reproduced, often with irony, in books, catalogs, and periodicals throughout the world.



Some critical observers of the "art scene" persist in classifyin Mel Ramos as a Pop Artist. His identification ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:2005</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:16</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:16</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Mel Ramos Enamel Print on Aluminum, Pin-Up</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York City, USA</td></tr>
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