colour lithography in 32 colours;
Signed in the bottom right corner, numbered in the bottom left corner: M.P. 4/7 (Mono Print, rare piece, outside the edition of 120 arabically numbered pieces);
sheet size: 33,3 x 26,6 in / plate size: 27 x 26,6 in inch
Mel Ramos's work Drawing Lesson from 2016 combines his characteristic pop art aesthetic with his long-standing interest in the representation of the female body. As a student of Wayne Thiebaud and a representative of the American pop art movement, Ramos often merged oversized consumer products with surreal combinations of female models. This provocative connection between eroticism and critique of consumerism reflects the spirit of the 1950s and 60s. In Drawing Lesson, Ramos addresses the themes of classical nudes and the role of women in art by blending art historical references with modern pop culture.
Work Catalogue number: GS 4-16. Printed by Stamperia Carini di San Giovanni Valdarno, published by the Gallery Ernst Hilger, Vienna
