Watercolor on cream wove paper, 1974. 432x235 mm; 17x9¼ inches, (image). 510x358 mm; 508x355 mm; 20x14 inches, (support). Signed, Mel Ramos, and dated, 74, lower center margin.
Gift from the artist directly to the artist, Frank Roth; Thence by descent to the current owner.
Often referencing classical poses juxtaposed against contemporary pop-culture products here Ramos has directly repurposed, as a redhead with a contemporary hairstyle, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres' "La Sourre", 1856, now in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
