Mel Ramos

Toucan Better Than One
1969

A colorful illustration of a toucan with a vibrant yellow throat and a large beak in the foreground, perched on a branch, with a halftone image of a woman reclining in the background. The background is a solid tan color, and the artwork has a signature in the bottom right corner.
A colorful illustration of a toucan with a vibrant yellow throat and a large beak in the foreground, perched on a branch, with a halftone image of a woman reclining in the background. The background is a solid tan color, and the artwork has a signature in the bottom right corner.

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Date
1969

Classification
Prints

Medium
Photolithograph and lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 5/16 × 28 1/16in. (56.7 × 71.3 cm) Image: 21 1/8 × 26in. (53.7 × 66 cm)

Accession number
94.6

Series
Leta and the Swan

Edition
31/100

Publication
Printed by Derrière l'Étoile Studios; published by Collector's Press, San Francisco

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Ruth and Richard Shack

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Mel Ramos / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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