Op Art
OP ART STYLE
The Op art movement emerged in the 1960s, mirroring the counterculture of the time in its embrace of visual trickery, graphic shapes and bright colors.
Spreading across Europe and the Americas, the style — whose name is short for “optical art” — influenced advertising, fashion and interior design before fading in the early ’70s.
Op art remained significant, however, for artists and scientists interested in the nature of perception. And today, it’s seeing a resurgence of interest from collectors and interior designers.
Op artists played with the principles of perception, manipulating line, shape, patterns and color to create the illusion of depth and movement. They drew on and evolved methods developed by past movements, from Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism, to produce intense visual experiences.
All the Op artists shared a focus on the gap between what is and what we perceive. Each, however, had a distinct approach to the issue and a unique visual style.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Op art that includes works by Josef Albers, Bridget Riley, Jesús Rafael Soto and more.
10
to
151
833
240
159
307
391
389
219
317
162
365
154
97
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
121,246
69,499
50,756
22,782
15,393
8,277
5,026
4,794
4,114
2,883
2,588
2,584
2,431
588
36
17
16
15
9
8
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
2
911
182
2
5
81
527
173
42
163
86
43
42
40
716
150
117
117
109
Style: Op Art
Vasarely, Composition, CTA 102 (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Croisées (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Croisées, 1973. Published and printed by Éditions du G...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Croisées (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Croisées, 1973. Published and printed by Éditions du G...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Croisées (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Croisées, 1973. Published and printed by Éditions du G...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Croisées (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Croisées, 1973. Published and printed by Éditions du G...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Croisées (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Croisées, 1973. Published and printed by Éditions du G...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Croisées (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Croisées, 1973. Published and printed by Éditions du G...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Corpusculaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Corpusculaires, 1973. Published and printed by Édition...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Corpusculaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Corpusculaires, 1973. Published and printed by Édition...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Corpusculaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Corpusculaires, 1973. Published and printed by Édition...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Corpusculaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Corpusculaires, 1973. Published and printed by Édition...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Structures universelles de l'Hexagone (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions III, 1972. Published and printed by Éditi...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Corpusculaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Corpusculaires, 1973. Published and printed by Édition...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions II, 1972. Published and printed by Éditio...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions II, 1972. Published and printed by Éditio...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions II, 1972. Published and printed by Éditio...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Graphismes II (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Graphismes II (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Graphismes II (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions I, 1972. Published and printed by Édition...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions III, 1972. Published and printed by Éditi...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions II, 1972. Published and printed by Éditio...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Horizon Original Op Art Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Horizon Original Op Art Painting
1978
Artist signed and dated.
Marko Spalatin (American, Born 1945). An original Modern Abstract Op-Art oil painting on canvas. Titled "Horizon". Featuring colors of white, yellow, orange, green, purple, and blue. Signed and dated 1978 with title on verso. Mounted on wood stretcher. Provenance: 11/10/2007 Ivey-Selkirk Auction, LOT 775.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Musée d'Art Moderne — Paris, France
Museum of Modern Art — New York, New York
Tate Gallery — London, England
Bibliothèque National — Paris, France
Victoria & Albert Museum — London, England
Library of Congress — Washington, D.C.
Museum of Contemporary Art — Chicago, Illinois
Metropolitan Museum — Manila, Philippines
Philadelphia Museum of Art — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Butler Institute of American Art — Youngstown, Ohio
Museum of Modern Art — Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Milwaukee Art Museum...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Faces of Dali #1
Located in Greenwich, CT
Faces of Dalí #1 is a serigraph on paper with an image size of 26 x 18 inches, signed 'Yvaral' lower right and numbered 91/200 lower left. From the edition of 263 (there were also 20...
Category
20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen, Paper
Faces of Dali #6
Located in Greenwich, CT
Faces of Dalí #6 is a serigraph on paper with an image size of 26 x 18 inches, signed 'Yvaral' lower right and numbered 115/200 lower left. From the edition of 263 (there were also 2...
Category
20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen, Paper
Harlequin, OP Art Silkscreen by Victor Vasarely
Located in Long Island City, NY
Harlequin by Victor Vasarely, Hungarian (1908–1997)
Date: circa 1980
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 78/250
Image Size: 25.75 x 16 inches
Size: 30.5 x 19.75 in....
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Galerie Melkie 55 Rue de Seine Paris 6 Screen Print Poster
By Josef Albers
Located in Austin, TX
A screen print on paper poster by minimalist, op artist Joseph Albers advertising an exhibit at Galerie Melki, Paris, in 1973. The piece features a nested series of square color fie...
Category
20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen
Enterieur (Outside)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Enterieur (Outside)
Screen print, 1973
Signed lower right in pencil (see photo)
Edition: A.P., annotated lower left corner
Published by Edition Ltd., Indianapolis
Image size: 21 3/4 ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vega Blue, Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997)
Title: Vega Blue
Year: Circa 1982
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: 190/300, plus proofs
Size: 30 x 22 inches
Condition: Good
Inscriptio...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Oltar-Zoeld
Located in Miami, FL
Victor Vasarely
“Oltar-Zoeld” 1985/86
Silkscreen on paper
Edition 57 of 295
42 x 68 in
Victor Vasarely (9 April 1906 – 15 March 1997), was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely a...
Category
20th Century Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
Hommage a Bach IV
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Original etching and aquatint, cca. 1980. Edition of 150 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Victor Vasarely was a French painter of Hungarian origin. Influenced by Bauh...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Vertigo, Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997)
Title: Vertigo
Year: 1982
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: 88/325, plus proofs
Size: 26.75 x 22.75 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: ...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
DOR-OR, Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997)
Title: DOR-OR
Year: 1982
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: 96/325, plus proofs
Size: 42.75 x 23.5 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: Si...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
BI-RHOMBS, Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997)
Title: BI-RHOMBS
Year: 1977
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: 91/250, plus proofs
Size: 43.5 x 26 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: Si...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
THEZ, Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997)
Title: THEZ
Year: 1982
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: 248/250, plus proofs
Size: 36.5 x 30 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: Signed...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Double Metamorphosis IV, Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yaakov Agam (1928)
Title: Double Metamorphosis IV
Year: 1979
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: 62/180, plus proofs
Size: 36 x 50 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription:...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
"Split Infinity #9BS", OP Art Serigraph, 1980
By Herbert Aach
Located in Long Island City, NY
This serigraph was created by German Op artist Herbert Aach. Aach's prints play with geometry and form, and trick the viewer's eyes by juxtaposing bright neon colors. This print is s...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Faces of Dali #3, Yvaral
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yvaral, Jean-Pierre Vasarely (1934-2002)
Title: Faces of Dali #3
Year: 1977
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: IV/XX, 200, plus proofs
Size: 34.75 x 24.375 inches
Co...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Let forever be Black and White Sculpture
Located in Napoli, IT
Scultura metacrilato (plexiglass 100% riciclato) assemblata a mano - design by Gio Schiano
(LIMITED EDITIONS OF 50)
Misure: alto 30 cm e larga 30 cm, è firmata e numerata con certi...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Plexiglass
Le Legende (Marilyn Monroe), Yvaral
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yvaral, Jean-Pierre Vasarely (1934-2002)
Title: Le Legende (Marilyn Monroe)
Year: 1990
Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper
Edition: 12/100, plus proofs
Size: 31 x 23.5 inches
C...
Category
1990s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Grey tinted Rainbow (Geometric Abstraction) dazzling Op Art framed assemblage
Located in New York, NY
RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ
Grey Tinted Rainbow, 1992
Assemblage with 14 Color Silkscreen and Lithograph
Edition of 40
Pencil signed and numbered 11/40 on the front
Frame included: elegantl...
Category
1990s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph, Screen, Mixed Media, Pencil
Vintage Hardback Monograph: Planetary Folklore (Hand signed by Victor Vasarely)
Located in New York, NY
Victor Vasarely
Planetary Folklore (Hand signed by Victor Vasarely), 1973
Hardback monograph with dust jacket
Hand signed by Victor Vasarely on the first front end page
9 1/2 × 9 7/...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board
Untitled
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Original color silkscreen, cca. 1980. Edition of 250 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Victor Vasarely was a French painter of Hungarian origin. Influenced by Bauhaus ...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Parmasos VII
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Original color silkscreen, cca. 1970. Edition of 70 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Marko Spalatin was a modern and contemporary artist from Croatia, who immigrated ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Original color silkscreen, cca. 1980.
Victor Vasarely was a French painter of Hungarian origin. Influenced by Bauhaus design principles, Kandinsky’s and Malevich’s art and Constructi...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
" Vega Mir " OP ART
Located in CANNES, FR
Victor VASARELY ( 1906 -1997 )
VEGA MIR
Sérigraphie sur verre signée au recto et au verso .
Edition sur 200.
Extrait de l'album BACH 1973.
50 X50 X 7cm .
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Resin
Continual, Julian Stanczak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Julian Stanczak (1928-2017)
Title: Continual
Year: 1979
Edition: 41/175, plus proofs
Medium: Silkscreen on Somerset paper
Size: 25 x 25 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: Si...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Soft Lime, Signed/N 1970s geometric abstraction by renowned Op Artist 38" x 46"
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Soft Lime, 1976
8 Color silkscreen on Lenox 100% Cotton paper
38 × 48 inches
Pencil signed and numbered 41/75 on the front; bears printers blind stamp from NYIT ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen, Pencil
Pink Composition, Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997)
Title: Pink Composition
Year: Circa 1982
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: 217/300, plus proofs
Size: 27.5 x 20.25 inches
Condition: Goo...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
ANUSZKIEWICZ, monograph (hand signed and inscribed by Richard Anuszkiewicz)
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz
ANUSZKIEWICZ by Karl Lunde (hand signed and inscribed by Richard Anuszkiewicz), 1977
Hardback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed and inscribed by Richard An...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Ink, Board
Faces of Dali #2, Yvaral
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yvaral, Jean-Pierre Vasarely (1934-2002)
Title: Faces of Dali #2
Year: 1977
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: 104/200, plus proofs
Size: 34.75 x 24.375 inches
Condi...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Wash Art 1978, Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yaakov Agam (1928)
Title: Wash Art
Year: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper
Size: 38.5 x 23.25 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed in colored ink
Notes: Publis...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled - Black and White Op Art Print with Red Frame
Located in New York, NY
Limited edition of 10 and 5. Printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta 325g Archival Paper. Dated and signed with the certificate of authenticity.
Italian photographer Enzo Ragazzini...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Bi-Tupa
Located in Brussels, BE
VASARELY “Bi-Tupa”, Genuine 1976 serigraphy, hand signed (lower right corner), and numbered 147/225 (lower left corner).
Catalogue Raisonné: Pedro Benavides, ref 282, page 86.
Sheet:...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen, Paper
Untitled - Black and White Op Art Print with Red Frame
Located in New York, NY
Limited edition of 10 and 5. Printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta 325g Archival Paper. Dated and signed with the certificate of authenticity.
Italian photographer Enzo Ragazzini...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Julio Le Parc ( 1928 ) – hand-signed serigraphy on Fabriano paper – 1983
Located in Varese, IT
color serigraphy on Fabriano paper , edited in 1983
Limited Edition of 99 copies
Hand signed in pencil by artist lower right
and numbered EA ( artist proof ) lower left
Paper size: 5...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
1920 League of Women Voters, by Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
The 50th Anniversary of the League of Women Voters Screenprint Poster from 1970, designed by Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930 - 2020) printed in 1969,...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Op Art art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Op art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Victor Vasarely, Roy Ahlgren, Victor Debach, and Yaacov Agam. Frequently made by artists working with Screen Print, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Op Art, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $66 and tops out at $350,000, while the average work sells for $1,616.