Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming Mel Ramos catalogue raisonné being prepared by Donald Kuspit and the Louis K. Meisel Gallery.
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Fantomah- Daughter of the Pharaohs
Details
Mel Ramos (b. 1934)
Fantomah- Daughter of the Pharaohs
signed and dated 'Mel Ramos 63' (on a label affixed to the backing board)
oil on canvas
40½ x 35¾ in. (102.8 x 90.8 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
Fantomah- Daughter of the Pharaohs
signed and dated 'Mel Ramos 63' (on a label affixed to the backing board)
oil on canvas
40½ x 35¾ in. (102.8 x 90.8 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
Provenance
Bianchini Gallery, New York
Dino Buzzati, Milan
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 8 May 1996, lot 316
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Dino Buzzati, Milan
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 8 May 1996, lot 316
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
E. Claridge, The Girls of Mel Ramos, Chicago, 1975, pp. 53 and 155, no. 1963-7 (illustrated).
R. Rosenblum, Mel Ramos: Pop Art Images, Cologne, 1994, p. 37 (illustrated).
R. Rosenblum, Mel Ramos: Pop Art Images, Cologne, 1994, p. 37 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Traveling exhibition aboard a train throughout Michigan, Artrain, Inc., Signs of the Times, February-December 1986.
New York, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, The Heroines of 1962-64, October 1991 (illustrated in color).
Kunstverein Lingen; Mannheimer Kunstverein; Kunsthalle zu Kiel and Vienna, Hochschule für Angewande Kunst, Mel Ramos Retrospektive, November 1994-August 1995.
New York, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, The Heroines of 1962-64, October 1991 (illustrated in color).
Kunstverein Lingen; Mannheimer Kunstverein; Kunsthalle zu Kiel and Vienna, Hochschule für Angewande Kunst, Mel Ramos Retrospektive, November 1994-August 1995.