Mel Ramos

Ravin' Rita

1969

A reclining nude woman floats above a large black crow perched on a branch.
A reclining nude woman floats above a large black crow perched on a branch.

Mel Ramos, Ravin' Rita, 1969. Photolithograph and lithograph, sheet (Irregular): 22 9/16 × 28 1/16 in. (57.3 × 71.3 cm) Image: 21 1/8 × 26 in. (53.7 × 66 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Ruth and Richard Shack 94.7. © Estate of Mel Ramos / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1969

Classification
Prints

Medium
Photolithograph and lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 22 9/16 × 28 1/16 in. (57.3 × 71.3 cm) Image: 21 1/8 × 26 in. (53.7 × 66 cm)

Accession number
94.7

Series
Leta and the Swan

Edition
14/100

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

Credit line
Gift of Ruth and Richard Shack

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

API
artworks/8574




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