Literature: Donald B. Kuspit: “Mel Ramos pop art fantasies: The complete paintings”, Watson-Guptill, New York, 2004. Literature: Elizabeth Claridge and Michael Miller Dunbar: “Mel Ramos”, London, 1975, reproduced in colours p. 139. Provenance: French and Company, New York. Provenance: Gallery Östergren AB, Malmö, Sweden. Since the mid 1960s, Mel Ramos has developed his own kind of pop art, typically with nude models placed decoratively in relation to consumer goods of over dimensioned size. In his paintings, he makes use of the images of advertising and mass culture, often achieving a humorous and poster-like effect. Together with Ed Ruscha and Wayne Thiebaud, Mel Ramos is one of the leading pop artists of the American West Coast.