Ramos, Mel Drawing lesson. 1990. Bleistift auf Velin. 57,5 x 58,2 cm. Signiert und datiert. Punktuell auf Unterlage montiert, im Passepartout freigestellt und unter Glas gerahmt. - In den oberen sowie…

Pop Art Ramos, Mel Drawing lesson. 1990. Pencil on wove paper. 57.5 x 58.2 cm. Signed and dated. Mounted in spots on support, mounted in passepartout and framed under glass. - Small pinholes in the upper and lower right corners as traces of former mounting. Verso with punctual traces of mounting adhesive. Under UV fixation of the drawing visible and no retouching recognizable. Overall very good. Finely drawn, nuanced drawing that playfully treats the theme of "picture within a picture". The Pop Art artist Mel Ramos shows his drawing skills in our work and stages a nude model. He skilfully brings out the physiognomy and contours, emphasizing the sculptural dimension of the female body. An interesting detail is the right-hand half of the picture, in which Ramos offers the viewer a view of a canvas and the female seated nude can be seen in a distorted formal language. It is the exciting phenomenon of the "picture within a picture" that Mel Ramos cleverly takes up here, creating layers of images and complexity. In addition to the complex visual level, Ramos captures the drawing itself in a technically confident manner: in the seated nude, we find fine, delicately executed hatching - in the depiction of the seated nude on the canvas, more playful, dynamically executed strokes, executed with a firmer, stronger hand. For our drawing, Mel Ramos worked in the style of Pop Art, but also made use of elements from classical art history and worked with art-historical quotations such as grisaille, i.e. painting executed exclusively in white, black and gray. The result is a mature, complex and accomplished drawing by the iconic Pop Art representative. Drawing lesson. 1990. pencil on wove paper. 57.5 x 58.2 cm. Signed and dated. Spot-mounted to underlying mat and matted, framed under glass. - Small pinholes in the upper and lower right corners as traces of former mounting. On the verso with punctual traces of mounting adhesive. Under UV fixation of the drawing visible and no retouching recognizable. Very good overall. Finely drawn, nuanced drawing that playfully addresses the theme of "picture within a picture". - Pop artist Mel Ramos demonstrates his drawing skills in our work and stages a nude model. He skilfully brings out the physiognomy and contours, emphasizing the sculptural dimension of the female body. An interesting detail is the right-hand half of the painting, in which Ramos offers the viewer a view of a canvas and the female seated nude can be seen in a distorted formal language. It is the exciting phenomenon of the "picture within a picture" that Mel Ramos cleverly takes up here, creating layers of images and complexity. In addition to the complex visual level, Ramos captures the drawing itself in a technically confident manner: in the seated nude, we find fine, delicately executed hatching - in the depiction of the seated nude on the canvas, more playful, dynamic strokes executed with a firmer, stronger hand. For our drawing, Mel Ramos worked in the style of Pop Art, but also drew on elements of classical art history and worked with art-historical quotations such as grisaille, i.e. painting executed exclusively in white, black and grey. The result is a mature, complex and skilful drawing by the iconic Pop Art representative.