Mel Ramos (1935 - 2018)
Title: Have a Havana No 11
Medium: Original Silkscreen print, 2016, in 32 colours, signed by the artist in pencil. To right Hilger Editions blindstamp. To left C blindstamp (Stamperia Carini)
Size: Image: 76.5 x 48 cms ; Paper 89 x 60 cms
Published by: Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
Printed by: Carini S Giovanni Valdarno, Italy
Edition: 120 - There were also 50 Artists proofs, 50 HC copies and 5 Printers Proofs
Reference: “Mel Ramos - Definitive catalogue raisonne of Original prints” Edited by Galerie Ernst Hilger and the Estate of Mel Ramos (Page 190)
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
