MEL RAMOS (b. 1935) | Christie's

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MEL RAMOS (b. 1935)

Details

MEL RAMOS (b. 1935)

Roma - Empress of Ancient World

signed, titled and dated MEL RAMOS ROMA - EMPRESS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD 1963 on the reverse--oil on canvas
59 1/2 x 44 1/4in. (151.1 x 112.4cm.)

Provenance

Ben Birillo, New York
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Provincetown

Literature

The Chrysler Museum, Selections from the Permanent Collection, 1982, p. 112 (illustrated)
J. Rublowsky, Pop Art, New York 1965
E. Claridge, The Girls of Mel Ramos, New York 1975

Exhibited

Norfolk, The Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Three Hundred Years of American Art in The Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, March-July 1976,
p. 255 (illustrated)
Waltham, Rose Art Gallery, Brandeis University, Mel Ramos: A Twenty Year Survey, April-May 1980, no. 18 (illustrated)
Norfolk, The Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, American Figure Painting:
1950-1980, Oct.-Nov. 1980, p. 54 (illustrated)

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