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Why did Pop art start?
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Pop art started because artists sought to react to the mass consumerism of the 1950s with the goal of putting popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture. Works associated with Pop art are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners endeavored to challenge the status quo. Pop artists broke with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and made pointed statements about current events. Richard Hamilton's 1956 collage ‘Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?’ is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style, but Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. On 1stDibs, explore a collection of Pop art.
1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2024
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Banana /// Contemporary Abstract Pop Art Drawing Fruit Food The Rolling Stones
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Kazuhide Yamazaki (Japanese-American, 1951-2023)
Title: "Banana"
*Titled, signed, and dated by Yamazaki in pencil lower right
Year: 1981
Medium: Original Graphite Pencil and ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Pastel, Pencil, Graphite
Palm Springs Desert Museum (Still Life with Longhorn Skull and Cactus) Poster
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997)
Title: "Palm Springs Desert Museum (Still Life with Longhorn Skull and Cactus)"
Year: 1982
Medium: Original Offset-Lithograph, ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
House Job /// Kazuhide Yamazaki Monotype Contemporary Pop Art Coffee Interior
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Kazuhide Yamazaki (Japanese-American, 1951-2023)
Title: "House Job"
*Signed and dated by Yamazaki in pencil lower right
Year: 1984
Medium: Original Monotype on Arches paper
L...
Category
1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Monotype
Morning Rush /// Kazuhide Yamazaki Monotype Contemporary Pop Art Bathroom Shirt
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Kazuhide Yamazaki (Japanese-American, 1951-2023)
Title: "Morning Rush"
*Signed and dated by Yamazaki in pencil lower right
Year: 1984
Medium: Original Monotype on Arches pape...
Category
1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Paint, Acrylic
John Gotti (Time Magazine Cover) /// Andy Warhol New York Pop Art Mafia Crime
By Andy Warhol
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Title: "John Gotti (Time Magazine Cover)"
Series: Time Magazine
*Signed by Warhol in the plate (printed signature) lower center
Year: 1986
Medium: Offset-Lithography; The complete September 29, 1986, Vol. 128, No. 13 issue of "Time" magazine
Reference: "Andy Warhol Prints: Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987" - Feldman/Schellmann No. IIIB.50, page 278
Framing: Recently framed in a black contemporary moulding with black 100% cotton rag matting and 99% UV protective Museum Glass
Framed size: 18.94" x 16.25"
Sheet size: 8.25" x 11"
Image size: 10.38" x 8"
Condition: A complete pristine copy. In excellent condition with strong colors
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Gulfport, MS. Warhol was commissioned by Time magazine to design this image for their September 29, 1986 issue. The image featured on this cover is a variation of Warhol's 1986 screenprint edition "John Gotti", (Feldman/Schellmann No. IIIB.50). Based on a publicity photograph. Retains its original mailing address label on verso.
"Time magazine, for instance, approached Warhol to produce a number of covers, which furthered his interest in the world of commerce and art, or what he called 'business art'. These include 'New Coke...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Nude (Lithograph) /// Pop Art Nude Tom Wesselmann Screenprint Figurative Flower
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004)
Title: "Nude (Lithograph)"
*Signed, dated, and numbered by Wesselmann in pencil lower right
Year: 1976
Medium: Original Lithograph and Sc...
Category
1970s Pop Art Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
