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Artists›Mel Ramos

Mel Ramos

American, 1935–2018

WA-00001490

Sacramento, CA, USA

PrintmakingPop ArtPost-Impressionism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ930286

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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No image

California Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972

No image

Pop Art Prints, Drawings, and Multiples

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1970

Field Verification (7 fields)

6 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
NationalityDuplicate Merge + Artsy+1· 85%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
BiographyGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/mel-ramos
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/mel-ramos
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4806
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Mel Ramos yet.

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Movement

Pop Art

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (20)

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Rhinoceros

1970 · Lithograph

composition 19 3/16 x 27 1/4" (48.7 x 69.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dove Tale

1969 · Two color lithograph on heavy white wove paper

Image: 65.4 × 50.9 cm (25 3/4 × 20 1/16 in.); Sheet: 71.5 × 56 cm (28 3/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Curassow

1969 · Four color lithograph on white wove paper

57 × 53.3 cm (22 1/2 × 21 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Toucan Better than One

1969 · Six color lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 50.8 × 66.2 cm (20 × 26 1/8 in.); Sheet: 56.6 × 71.1 cm (22 5/16 × 28 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ravin' Rita

1969 · Five color lithograph on white wove paper

56.6 × 71.1 cm (22 5/16 × 28 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Annie and the Auk

1969 · Three color lithograph on white wove paper

Sheet: 71 × 56.5 cm (28 × 22 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Balled Eagle

1969 · Three color lithograph on white wove paper

70.5 × 57 cm (27 13/16 × 22 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pelicana

1969 · Three color lithograph on white wove paper

Sheet: 71 × 57 cm (28 × 22 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Judy and the Jaeger

1969 · Four color lithograph on white wove paper

Sheet: 71 × 56.7 cm (28 × 22 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fly Catcher

1969 · Three color lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 66.1 × 50.5 cm (26 1/16 × 19 15/16 in.); Sheet: 71 × 57 cm (28 × 22 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Eagle Beaver

1969 · Three color lithograph on white wove paper

71 × 56.7 cm (28 × 22 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Candy from S.M.S. No. 5

1968 · Offset lithograph

sheet (folded): 10 7/8 × 6 15/16" (27.6 × 17.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Candy

1968 · Materials and instructions for assembling three-dimensional sculpture

Cleveland Museum of Art

Chic from 11 Pop Artists, Volume I

1966 · Screenprint from a portfolio of ten screenprints (one with collage additions), and one lithograph

composition and sheet: 23 15/16 x 19 7/8" (60.8 x 50.5cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tobacco Rose from 11 Pop Artists, Volume II

1965 · Screenprint from a portfolio of eleven screenprints, one with collage additions

composition: 28 x 22 1/16" (71.1 x 56cm); sheet: 30 x 24" (76.2 x 61cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Miss Comfort Creme from 11 Pop Artists, Volume III

1965 · Screenprint from a portfolio of ten screenprints and one lithograph

composition: 39 15/16 x 30" (101.4 x 76.2cm); sheet: 39 15/16 x 30" (101.4 x 76.2cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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11 Pop Artists, Vol. II: Tobacco Rose

1965 · color screenprint on thick wove paper

Image: 71.4 x 56.1 cm (28 1/8 x 22 1/16 in.); Sheet: 76.4 x 61.2 cm (30 1/16 x 24 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Plate (page 159) from 1¢ Life

1963 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions

composition: 15 7/16 × 10 13/16" (39.2 × 27.5 cm); page (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 11 7/16" (41 × 29 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Señoritario (double page in-text plate, pages 152 and 153) from 1¢ Life

1963 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions

composition: 15 5/16 × 15 9/16" (38.9 × 39.5 cm); page (irreg.): 15 3/4 × 11 7/16" (40 × 29.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Shield

1962 · Graphite (recto and verso) on ivory wove paper

27.9 × 43.2 cm (11 × 17 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

20 published of 27 catalogued · 21 with image

Art Institute Chicago
11 published11 img
MoMA
7 publishedof 14 catalogued10 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

11 Pop Artists, Vol. II: Tobacco Rose
1965 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Candy
1968 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

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Relationships

Movements2

Pop Art Post-Impressionism

Collections7

Cleveland Museum of Art Christie's Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Heritage Auctions Phillips

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

C. K. McClatchy High School

Visual Arts

California State University, Sacramento

Visual Arts

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Phillips	Feb 2026	$4,000 – $6,000	Unsold
Untitled	Phillips	Jun 2025	$5,000 – $7,000	Unsold

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition California Prints

New York · 1972

Exhibition California Prints Museum of Modern Art

New York · 1972

Group Exhibition Pop Art Prints, Drawings, and Multiples

New York · 1970

Exhibition Pop Art Prints, Drawings, and Multiples Museum of Modern Art

New York · 1970