# Mel Ramos artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-18T19:24:10.035Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1935-07-24
- Death date: 2018-10-14
- Nationality: American
- Movements: Pop Art
- Common media: Painting, Drawing, Lithography and other prints, Sculpture

## Portrait

![Mel Ramos](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Mel_Ramos_2007.JPG)
Vernissagefan · CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mel_Ramos_2007.JPG

## About Mel Ramos

Mel Ramos, born Melvin John Ramos (1935–2018), was an American painter and draftsperson associated with Pop Art. His figurative work became especially recognizable through idealized female nudes presented alongside familiar consumer products. This pairing places Ramos within the Pop-era engagement with commercial imagery and consumer culture, while his sustained emphasis on the figure gives his work a distinct position within that context. Museum records also connect him with collaborative print projects of the 1960s, including 1¢ Life and the 11 Pop Artists portfolios. Collectors may therefore encounter his work across paintings, drawings, lithographs, portfolio prints, and sculpture rather than in a single medium. The official artist site documents this range, while museum and library-authority records consistently identify Ramos as an American artist working in the Pop Art tradition. His extensive presence in public auction records reflects the variety of formats and editions through which his imagery circulated.

## Common works and media

Collectors commonly encounter Mel Ramos paintings, drawings, lithographs, portfolio prints, and sculptures. His best-known subject matter combines idealized female figures or nudes with consumer-product imagery. Museum holdings document prints from the 1960s portfolios 1¢ Life and 11 Pop Artists, while the official artist site also organizes his output across paintings, lithographs, drawings, sculptures, and other edition-based objects. For appraisal purposes, an object's medium, dimensions, date, signature, edition information, condition, and relationship to a documented series should be recorded before selecting comparable sales.

## Market and appraisal context

Mel Ramos has an extensive public auction record covering paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, and editions. A useful appraisal comparison begins with works of the same medium, approximate dimensions, date, subject, and edition status. For prints, signatures, inscriptions, edition details, and condition should be checked carefully. For paintings and sculptures, surface condition, restoration, scale, provenance, exhibition history, and attribution confidence may be especially important. Recent comparable sales can provide context, but reported results may treat buyer premiums differently and should not be read as automatic price predictions. Private transactions, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may also fall outside the available record.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/034158839
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/4806
- Mel Ramos: http://www.melramos.com
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/20475860/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q930286
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Ramos
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Ramos
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/mel-ramos/