Wild Girl, 1963

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 100.97 x 89.85 cm (39 3/4 x 35 3/8 in.)

framed: 102.87 × 92.39 × 4.45 cm (40 1/2 × 36 3/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Abrams Family Collection

Accession Number

2010.118.1

Artists / Makers

Mel Ramos (artist) American, 1935 - 2018

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Inscription

upper left reverse: "WILD GIRL" 1963 / BY MEL RAMOS / 4608 WYMAN DR. / SACRAMENTO / CALIF

Provenance

(The Pace Gallery, New York); Abrams Family Collection, New York, by 1966; Robert E. Abrams, New York; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, New York, 14 May 2008, no. 117, bought in); Robert E. Abrams, New York; gift 2010 to NGA.

Associated Names

Abrams, Robert

Exhibition History

1964: First International Girlie Exhibition, The Pace Gallery, New York, 1964.

1966: The Harry N. Abrams Family Collection, The Jewish Museum, New York, 1966, brochure, no. 115.

2004: Mel Ramos, Robert Sandelson Gallery, London, 2004-2005, no catalogue.

2007: Mel Ramos: Works from the 1960s, Robert Sandelson Gallery, London, 2007, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1975: Claridge, Elizabeth. Mel Ramos. London, 1975: repro. 54, 155 no. 44.

2004: Kuspit, Donald. Mel Ramos: Pop Art Fantasies, The Complete Paintings. New York, 2004: 63, 238, repro.