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Pop Art Fashion Ramos, Mel Gianni. 1999. Offset lithograph o…
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Pop Art Fashion Ramos, Mel Gianni. 1999. Offset lithograph o…
See original version (German)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
Pop Art
Fashion
Ramos, Mel
Gianni. 1999. Offset lithograph on heavy-weight vellum. 71 x 50.5 cm (100 x 77 cm). Signed and dated. Mounted in places. - Slight handling marks in places; on the reverse, a label in another person’s handwriting and isolated faint scuffs. Overall in very good condition. Excellent print, with nuanced and fresh colours.
In this unique print, Mel Ramos draws on the format of the dress-up doll, a children’s toy popular since the 18th century that presents the female body as an interchangeable canvas for clothes and roles. The nude female figure stands frontally and motionless in the centre, surrounded by five historicising garments with characteristic clip-on tabs. What begins as a harmless childhood memory is revealed to be a precise analysis: the female body serves as an object for wearing, trying on and presenting garments, illustrating a structure that the advertising and fashion industries continue to reproduce to this day.
Fashion. - Offset lithograph on stiff vellum. Signed and dated. Mounted in places. - A few faint handling marks; on the reverse, a note in another hand and some scattered faint scuffs. Overall, in very good condition. An excellent print, with nuanced and fresh colours. - Unique one-off print. - Ramos draws on the format of the dress-up doll, a children’s toy that has been popular since the 18th century and which presents the female body as an interchangeable canvas for clothes and roles. The naked female figure stands motionless and facing the viewer in the centre, surrounded by five historical garments with characteristic clip-on tabs. What begins as a harmless childhood memory is revealed to be a precise analysis: the female body serves as an object to be dressed, tried on and presented, and illustrates a structure that the advertising and fashion industries continue to reproduce to this day.
*This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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