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MEL RAMOS - Works and History
MEL RAMOS
Study for Still Life: Sketch #2 (1995)
pencil on paper
unique
21.4 x 16.9 inches)
MEL RAMOS
Study for Fonda: Sketch #1 (Time) (1970)
pencil on paper
unique
66 x 51 cm
MEL RAMOS
Peek a Boo Barbie (1995)
pencil on paper
unique
65.5 x 27 cm
MEL RAMOS
Superman (W/Super Girl) (2018)
Pencil and colored pencil on paper
Unique
56.5 x 37.4 cm
MEL RAMOS
Elephant Seal (2013)
Lithograph
signed & numbered
Edition 199
88 x 100 cm
MEL RAMOS
The Rounder (1999)
Lithograph
signed & numbered
Edition 199
92 x 49 cm
MEL RAMOS
Rear View (after the work Rear View Roxy, 1966) (2022)
Fine Art Giclée print on Hahnemühle paper
stamped signed and numbered by the Estate of Mel Ramos
Edition 300
25 x 20 cm
MEL RAMOS
Phantom Lady (Black) (1990)
Screenprint in 32 colors, printed 1990 after the original 1963 drawing
Signed & numbered
37 1/2 × 30 inches
MEL RAMOS
Miss America (2008)
Enamel on Steel
signed & numbered in marker
Edition 125
35.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
MEL RAMOS
Photoshop CS (2008)
Enamel on Steel
signed & numbered in marker
Edition 125
36 x 24 x 1.5 inch
MEL RAMOS
Tyra Tire (2004)
Lithograph in 23 colors
signed & numbered
Edition 199
33.3 x 22 inches
MEL RAMOS
Have-A-Havana #7 (2008)
Lithograph in 24 colors
signed & numbered
Edition 199
30 x 44 inch
MEL RAMOS
Hav-a-Havanna #8 (2011)
Lithograph in 32 colors
signed & numbered
Edition 199
45 x 29 inch
MEL RAMOS
Browned Bare (1970)
Lithograph in 5 colors
signed & numbered
Edition 125
29.9 x 28 inch
MEL RAMOS
Caramia Caramello (2007)
Lithograph in 28 colors
signed & numbered
Edition 199
44.9 x 27.6 inch
MEL RAMOS
Burning Flame - La Bomba (2012)
Lithograph
signed & numbered
Edition 200
23 x 31 inch
Curriculum Vitae
1935
born in Sacramento, USA
1957
B.A. Sacramento State College, Sacramento, USA
1958
M.A. Sacramento State College, Sacramento, USA
1986
National Endowment for the Visual Artists Fellowship Grant
United States/France Exchange Fellowship
Lives and works in Oakland, USA and Horta de San Juan, Spain
Selected Exhibitions
2015
Mel Ramos: Superman im Supermarkt, Levy Galerie, Hamburg, Deutschland
POtPourri, Galerie Thomas Modern, München, Deutschland
Mel Ramos meets Mel Bochner, Galerie Hafenrichter, Nürnberg, Deutschland
Mel Ramos peintures et sculptures, Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, Frankreich
2014
Die Schöne und das Biest, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Deutschland
Everybody needs a hero, Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
2013
Summer views, Galerie Hafenrichter, Nürnberg, Deutschland
Pinups & Portraits – IKON Ltd, Santa Monica, USA
2012
Mel Ramos: 50 Years of Superheroes, Nudes, and Other Pop Delights, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, USA (solo)
Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, Deutschland
2011
Galerie Ernst Hilger Vienna, Austria
Mel Ramos – Works on paper, Galerie Rainer Klimczak, Viersen, Deutschland
2010
50 Jahre Pop Art, Villa Stuck, München, Deutschland (solo)
2009
Marcel Strouk, Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris, Frankreich (solo)
2008
True Romance, Museum Villa Stuck, München, Deutschland
Posing, Kunsthalle Dermstadt, Darmstadt, Deutschland
2007
Prime Time – Idols and Icons, Vonderbank Artgalleries, Berlin, Deutschland
Shining Spirit: Westheimer Family Collection, Oklahoma CIty Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, USA
2006
Life as a Legend – Marilyn Monroe, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, USA
2005
Photorealism, Then and Now, Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, USA
Girls on film, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, USA
2004
Summer Jam, Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Dusseldorf, Deutschland
2003
Galerie Terminus, München, Deutschland
Riva Yares Gallery, Phoenix, USA
Bemarducci-Meisel, New York, USA
2000
Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Deutschland
Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, Frankreich
2001
Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, USA
Galeria Alvarez, Porto, Portugal
Palazzo dei Sette, Comune di Orvieto, Italien
Galerie Hilger, Wien, Österreich
Galleria d’Arte Maggiore, Bologna, Italien
2000
Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Köln, Deutschland
Galerie Vonderbank, Frankfurt, Deutschland
Kunsthaus, Köln, Deutschland
Kunstforum Fränkisches Seenland, Gunzenhausen, Deutschland
1999
Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Essen ,Deutschland
Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven, Deutschland
Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau, Deutschland
Kunsthaus Hannover, Hanover, Deutschland
Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, USA
Galleria Civica di Modena, Modena, Italien
1998
Galerie Eikelmann & Auktionhaus Karbsten, Dusseldorf, Deutschland
Galeria Nova, Bad Homburg, Deutschland
1997
Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Mel Ramos – Oleos, Acuareias, Dibujos,
Galeria Levy Madrid, Madrid, Spain
1996
Attention to Detail (Realism in All Forms), Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, USA
1991
Mel Ramos – The Heroine of 1962-64, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, USA
1987
The Artists of California: A Group Portrait in Mixed Media, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, USA
1986
Mel Ramos Early Paintings, Galerie Tanja Grunert Köln, Deutschland
1984
Automobile and Culture, The Museum of Cotemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
1980
Mel Ramos: A Twenty Year Survey, The Rose Art Museum, Brandies University, Waltham, USA
1979
Selections from the Frederick Weisman Collection of California Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washinton, D.C.
1974
Pop Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
David Stuart Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
1970
Pop Prints, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1964
Bianchini Gallery, New York, USA