Showing posts with label Mel Ramos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mel Ramos. Show all posts

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Our Art For Today - May 10, 2015 - Adolf Schreyer, Andrew Wyeth, Charles Marion Russell, Childe Hassam, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, John Singer Sargent, LOUIS MUHLSTOCK, MARC-AURÈLE FORTIN, Mel Ramos, Montague Dawson, STANLEY MOREL COSGROVE, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Salvador Dalí,

1888 -1950
FEMME AVEC UN PARASOL
Signed Louis Icart (lower right)
Oil on canvas 
16 1/4 by 13 1/8 in.
41.3 by 33.4 cm

1841 - 1919
ÉTUDE D'ENFANTS
Pencil and pen and ink on paper
9 1/4 by 12 1/8 in.
23.5 by 30.8 cm
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1904 - 1989
LA SAGESSE DE SALOMON
Signed Gala Salvador Dalí and dated 1942 (lower right)
Pen and ink on paper
10 by 7 in.
25.4 by 17.8 cm
Executed in 1942.

1864 - 1901
CAVALIER EN HAUT DE FORME AND TROIS TÊTES D'HOMME: A DOUBLE-SIDED DRAWING
Pencil on paper
5 1/2 by 8 7/8 in.
14 by 22.5 cm
Executed circa 1879-91.

1895-1973
BRITISH
PACIFIC DAYS, THE SHUN LEE, 674 TONS, BUILT IN 1866
signed Montague Dawson (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 by 42 in.
71.1 by 106.6 cm

1828 - 1899
GERMAN
TWO RECLINING ARABS AND TWO TETHERED HORSES
signed Ad. Schreyer (lower right)
oil on canvas
32 by 50 3/4 in.
81.3 by 128.9 cm

1847 - 1928
AMERICAN
ARAB WOMEN ON A ROOFTOP, ALGIERS BEYOND
signed F. A. Bridgman (lower center)
oil on canvas
17 7/8 by 30 3/4 inches
45.4 by 78.1 cm

1856 - 1925
THE GIUDECCA (A SUMMER DAY ON THE GIUDECCA, VENICE)
signed John S. Sargent (lower right); also inscribed Mrs. W. Shakespeare/Mansfield Lodge/Hamilton Terrace N.W. on the reverse
watercolor on paper
13 3/4 by 19 1/4 inches
(34.9 by 48.9 cm)
Executed circa 1907.

1864 - 1926
A HEATED ARGUMENT
signed with the artist's initials CMR and the artist's skull device (lower left)
pen, ink and pencil on paper
6 3/4 by 4 3/4 inches
(17.1 by 12.1 cm)

1859 - 1935
THE LAGOON (VENICE)
signed F. Childe Hassam, dated 83 and titled Venice (lower right)
watercolor on paper
12 by 16 inches
(30.5 40.6 cm)

1917-2009
IN THE ORCHARD (HELGA IN ORCHARD)
signed Andrew Wyeth (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
27 3/4 by 22 inches
(70.5 by 55.9 cm)
Executed in 1972.

STILL-LIFE WITH JOURNAL DES ARTS
oil on board
signed and dated ‘46
23 ins x 32 ins; 58.4 cms x 81.3 cms

MONTREAL STREET SCENE
oil on canvas
32 ins x 26 ins; 81.3 cms x 66 cms 


WINTER AFTERNOON
oil on canvas
33 ins x 30 ins; 83.8 cms x 76.2 cms 
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PAYSAGE LAURENTIEN
watercolour on board
signed; also signed and titled on the reverse
22 ins x 27.75 ins; 55.9 cms x 70.5 cms

LA CUEILLETTE
watercolour, laid down on card
signed
18.5 ins x 24 ins; 47 cms x 61 cms 

Color lithograph on wove paper
USA, 1979
Mel Ramos (b. 1935) - American Pop artist
Signed in pencil lower right 'Mel Ramos'
Numbered in pencil lower left '129/250'
Printed by L.P. Geyser, with copyright ink stamp verso
Published by Atelier Dumas, New York, with blind stamp lower left
Full margins
Image dimensions: 19 x 17 ½ in. (48.3 x 44.5 cm.)
Sheet dimensions: 24 x 20 ½ in. (61 x 52.1 cm.)

Monday, April 27, 2015

Mel Ramos - Wonder Woman

Mel Ramos (b. 1935) - American Pop artist

Color lithograph on wove paper
USA, 1979
Signed in pencil lower right 'Mel Ramos'
Numbered in pencil lower left '129/250'
Printed by L.P. Geyser, with copyright ink stamp verso
Published by Atelier Dumas, New York, with blind stamp lower left
Full margins
Image dimensions: 19 x 17 ½ in. (48.3 x 44.5 cm.)
Sheet dimensions: 24 x 20 ½ in. (61 x 52.1 cm.)

Known for his provocative images that mix the idealized woman with imagery of popular culture, this lithograph by Mel Ramos depicts one of the most iconic fictional superheroes: Wonder Woman. Depicted here with voluptuous curves and with her hands behind her head in a departure from her signature hands-on-hips power pose, Ramos undercuts Wonder Woman's feminist ideals with tongue-in-cheek sexuality.
Executed in 1979, this color lithograph on wove paper is signed and numbered one hundred and twenty-nine from an edition of two hundred and fifty. Printed by L.P. Geyser and published by Atelier Dumas, with their ink and blind stamps, respectively, the work has full margins. The image measures 19 x 17 ½ inches. In overall good condition with no evidence of tears, toning, staining or repairs.
Mel Ramos (American, b. 1935)
Mel Ramos is an American Pop artist famous for his comic-book like images of naked, voluptuous females mixed the popular culture imagery. A prolific artist from his emergence in the 1960s onward, Ramos has often based his nudes on the female celebrities of the day, from Marilyn Monroe to Scarlett Johansson. His work appeared alongside Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) and Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) at a Pop Art show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1963. In 1965, he first developed his most notable works depicting nude pin-up girls alongside mass-marketed products. Ramos has exhibited internationally and been featured in numerous museums, including the Whitney and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He has also held teaching positions at California State University, Syracuse University, and the University of Wisconsin. More