Mel Ramos (1935 - 2018)
Title: The Pause that refreshes No 2
Medium: Original Silkscreen print, 2005, in 23 colours, signed by the artist in pencil. To right C Blindstamp (Stamperia Carini)
Size: Image: 71.5 x 43 cms ; Paper 88 x 58.5 cms
Published by: Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna - Reference GL1-05
Printed by: Carini S Giovanni Valdarno, Italy
Edition: 199 - There were also 50 HC copies , 5 Printers Proofs and several unnumbered proofs
Reference: “Mel Ramos - Definitive catalogue raisonne of Original prints” Edited by Galerie Ernst Hilger and the Estate of Mel Ramos (Page 104)
Note: Mel Ramos was an American figurative painter and is considered an important proponent of the Pop art movement. His paintings, often depicting nude women, were a satire on how women’s bodies were used by mainstream advertising to sell products to male audiences. Though clearly aligned with Pop art in his appropriation of imagery from mass media and consumer products, Ramos calls his practice rooted in Surrealism and its emphasis on “absurd conjunctions”
Authenticity: Accompanied by this is a Photo certificate from the Mel Ramos Estate authenticating the work with the Indentured blindstamp of the Estate
