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Orang Utan
Details
Mel Ramos (b. 1935)
Orang Utan
signed, titled and dated twice '"ORANG UTAN" 1971 Mel Ramos 71' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
70 x 50 in. (177.8 x 127 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
Orang Utan
signed, titled and dated twice '"ORANG UTAN" 1971 Mel Ramos 71' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
70 x 50 in. (177.8 x 127 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
Provenance
French & Co., New York
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Freeman, New York
Acme Art, Santa Monica
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Freeman, New York
Acme Art, Santa Monica
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
Literature
E. Claridge, The Girls of Mel Ramos, Chicago, 1975, p. 140 (illustrated).
R. Rosenblum, Mel Ramos, Pop Art Images, Cologne, 1994, p. 68, (illustrated in color).
T. Levy, ed., Mel Ramos: Heroines, Goddesses, Beauty Queens, Bielefeld, 2002, p. 106 (illustrated in color).
D. Kuspit and L. Meisel, Mel Ramos: Pop Art Fantasies: The Complete Paintings, New York, 2004, pp. 140 and 141 (illustrated).
R. Rosenblum, Mel Ramos, Pop Art Images, Cologne, 1994, p. 68, (illustrated in color).
T. Levy, ed., Mel Ramos: Heroines, Goddesses, Beauty Queens, Bielefeld, 2002, p. 106 (illustrated in color).
D. Kuspit and L. Meisel, Mel Ramos: Pop Art Fantasies: The Complete Paintings, New York, 2004, pp. 140 and 141 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Lingen, Kunstverein; Mannheimer Kunstverein; Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Mel Ramos Retrospektive, November 1994-June 1995.
Vienna, Hochschule Für Angewande Kunst, Mel Ramos: Pop Art Images, July-August 1995.
New York, Marisa Del Re Gallery/O'Hara Gallery, The Popular Image--Pop Art In America, October-December 1995.
Modena, Galleria Civica di Modena, Palazzina Dei Giardini Corso Canalgrande; Kunsthaus Hannover; Passau, Museum Moderner Kunst; Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven and Gunzenhausen, Kunstforum Fränkisches Seeland, Mel Ramos, January 1999-May 2000.
New York, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, Mel Ramos, November 2004.
Vienna, Hochschule Für Angewande Kunst, Mel Ramos: Pop Art Images, July-August 1995.
New York, Marisa Del Re Gallery/O'Hara Gallery, The Popular Image--Pop Art In America, October-December 1995.
Modena, Galleria Civica di Modena, Palazzina Dei Giardini Corso Canalgrande; Kunsthaus Hannover; Passau, Museum Moderner Kunst; Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven and Gunzenhausen, Kunstforum Fränkisches Seeland, Mel Ramos, January 1999-May 2000.
New York, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, Mel Ramos, November 2004.