Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.
ORIGINS OF POP ART
CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART
POP ARTISTS TO KNOW
ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS
The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.
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.
Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.
Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.
Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.
Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.
Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.
$7,500
Andy Warhol - Original acetate positive for Ladies & Gentlemen provenance Framed
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol Ladies & Gentlemen, ca. 1975 Acetate positive photograph Provenance: The Factory, (Andy Warhol's Studio) via Chromacomp (Warhol's printer, owned by Eunice & Jack ...
Photographic Paper
$10,000
Eternal Recurrence #17 and #13 Diptych. Large limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zupan combines images from old masters, alchemical prints, contemporary artists, and bits from magazines and newspapers to create overlapping, intersecting worlds of transparencies a...
Archival Pigment
Only Elvis Gold Limited Edition Print, Pop Art, Signed, 40x30 Inches
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Only Elvis Gold by B A T I K signed limited edition print pop art print of the infamous mock arrest mugshot of Elvis Presley. Archival pigment print paper size 40x30 inches / 1...
Color, Archival Pigment
Type II Tutti Frutti - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Type II Tutti Frutti, from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection - The B Sides. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, p...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Gold Mine, Haddenham - Pop Art Typography Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Gold Mine, pop art typography photograph by Richard Heeps. With reference to the Wild West a popular theme in Richard's artwork. This artwork is a limited edition of 25, gloss photo...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Ices (Blue Teal), Bexhill-on-Sea - British Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The blue teal co...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
Located in London, GB
Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 ...
Color, Archival Pigment
The Road to Death Valley, Mojave Desert, California - Landscape Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
'The Road to Death Valley', taken in the Majove Desert, California, features a clouded blue sky met my mountains on the horizon. This American landscape artwork is part of Richard He...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$48,500
Andy Warhol - Roy Lichtenstein polaroid, Authenticated by the Warhol Foundation
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol Portrait of Roy Lichtenstein, 1975 Polaroid dye-diffusion print Authenticated by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, bears the Foundation stamp verso Frame in...
Polaroid
Eternal Recurrence #27. Large limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zupan combines images from old masters, alchemical prints, contemporary artists, and bits from magazines and newspapers to create overlapping, intersecting worlds of transparencies a...
Color, Archival Pigment
Vinyl Collection, All Rights Reserved (Sea foam) Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
All Rights Reserved (Seafoam), a turquoise blue green artwork in the Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have co...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$990Sale Price|44% Off
Warhol Superstar Twins Jay and Jed Johnson photographed for After Dark Magazine
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of twin brothers Jay and Jed Johnson photographed for 'After Dark' magazine on June 8, 1970. Comes dire...
Silver Gelatin
$248
Best Choice in Downtown, Kowloon, Hong Kong Asian architecture color photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Best Choice in Downtown, captured by Richard Heeps in Kowloon in 2016, this piece perfectly captures the layers of Hong Kong. As a photographer Richard is always looking at what trul...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Tape Collection - Mint Tinted Cassette - Conceptual Color Music Pop Art
Located in Cambridge, GB
Mint Tinted Cassette from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’ personal past and...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
Graffiti Artist Keith Haring Studio Portrait with Just Completed Work
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of graffiti artist Keith Haring with just completed work, 1984. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell A...
Silver Gelatin
Kate II - Oversize limited edition - Kate Moss
Located in London, GB
Kate II - Oversize limited edition - Kate Moss Beautiful archival pigment print of the supermodel and fashion icon by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist...
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Swim-in-Pool, Las Vegas, Nevada - Americana Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Swim-in-Pool, photograph from Richard Heeps Dream in Colour series. This fun original artwork really shows Richard's unique eye as a photographer, creating this slightly surreal kits...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$10,000
Robert Longo - Men in the Cities 1984 Signed artist-certified photograph, unique
By Robert Longo
Located in New York, NY
Robert Longo, Men in the Cities (Rick) , 1984 - unique artist-certified photographic document, 1992 Vintage photographic print on Kodak paper, with unique artist inscription and cert...
Photographic Paper, Pencil, Graphite
$28,000Sale Price|20% Off
Madonna: Mythical Swans, Rolling Stone Magazine Portfolio, David LaChapelle
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: David LaChapelle (1963) Title: Mythical Swans: Madonna, New York, Rolling Stone, 1998 Year: 1998 Medium: Chromogenic print, front-mounted to acrylic, flush-mounted to alumin...
C Print
Warhol Basquiat Boxing advertisement 1985 (Warhol Basquiat boxing 1985)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat boxing pictorial, 1985. Rare vintage 1985 large sized magazine advertisement for the historic Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat collaborations sh...
Paper, Offset
"Modernismo M14" Photography 24" x 24" in Ed. 1/24 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Modernismo M14" Photography 24" x 24" in Ed. 1/24 by Giuliano Bekor Print size: 24 x 24 Inches Edition: 1/24 Artist proof 2 Medium: Printed on high-quality museum-grade archival ph...
Archival Pigment
Stay On Target - limited edition - Pop Art Print Oversize
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Stay On Target- archival pigment print by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures 60 x 40" inches / 151 x 101 cm paper size limited to 3 only this size. signed and numbered by the artist. certificate of authenticity provided. unframed. (Framing available - please enquire) This piece is a modern reworking of the infamous scene in North By North West by Alfred Hitchcock where Cary Grant is hounded by an aeroplane, in this case, a Star Wars Tie Fighter...
Black and White, Archival Pigment
$25,000
Crosses
By Andy Warhol
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Crosses (1982) Unique polaroid print Size: 3.375 x 4.25 in (8.6 x 10.8 cm) Frame size: 11.5 x 12 in (29.2 x 30.4 cm) Authenticated by the Authentication Boa...
Polaroid
"Carly Simon" Andy Warhol, Pop Art, Black and White, Celebrity Photograph
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol Carly Simon, 1980 Stamped by The Estate of Andy Warhol on the reverse Gelatin silver print 10 x 8 inches Provenance The artist Estate of the artist Long-Sharp Gallery, I...
Silver Gelatin
$320Sale Price|20% Off
Kate Moss Photo (Kate Moss Supreme New York)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Kate Moss Supreme New York: In 2012, Moss was chosen as the face for Supreme’s spring campaign. Kate’s cold stare down British photographer Alasda...
C Print
Dream in Color 'SIGNS' Installation - Pop Art, Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps' eye for capturing "Sign Porn" has meant he is extremely popular in this genre. He has a big collection of "Signs" from around the world and he is always adding to them...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Bird Dog, 1990
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: William Wegman (American, b. 1943) Title: Bird Dog, 1990 From the Bird Dog Suite of 4 Photolithographs Medium: Photolithograph Dimensions: 24" w x 26" h, image size 19.5 x 19...
Lithograph
$375Sale Price|25% Off
Rudolf Nureyev & Sonia Arova, curtain call American debut performance at B.A.M.
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev and Sonia Arova photographed during the curtain call after his triumphant American debut performance March 10, 1962. This ...
Silver Gelatin
Tape Collection Elektronik - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Elektronik, pop art from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, personal past and...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm...
Color, Archival Pigment
Andy Warhol - Baroness de Waldner unique acetate of Brazilian actress provenance
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol Baroness de Waldner, ca. 1975 Unique Acetate positive This piece comes with a signed letter of provenance from the representative of Chromacomp, Warhol's printer. Frame i...
Photographic Film
Fun Loving Criminals II by BATIK- Supersize Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Fun Loving Criminals II By BATIK- Signed Limited Edition Archival pigment pop art print of infamous criminal arrest mugshots of Fifty Cent, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Snoop Dog, ...
Archival Pigment
$1,500Sale Price|40% Off
Artist Salvador Dali photographed in the Ritz Hotel in Barcelona, Spain
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Salvador Dali photographed in the lobby of the Ritz Hotel in Barcelona, Spain in May 1966. Jack M...
Silver Gelatin
$1,200Sale Price|60% Off
Rudolf Nureyev in dance class, January 24, 1962. Signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev in dance class, January 24, 1962. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Arch...
Silver Gelatin
$690
Ices (Burnt Orange), Bexhill-on-Sea - pop art color photography Large Print Only
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The burnt orange...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$375Sale Price|25% Off
Dancer/Choreographer Lar Lubovitch
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer, choreographer Lar Lubovitch photographed in 1964. This is a print that was published by a newspaper ...
Silver Gelatin
$1,000Sale Price|60% Off
Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan), signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) photographed in 1972 for the cover of 'After Dark' magazine....
Silver Gelatin
$375Sale Price|70% Off
Liza Minelli, cabaret act at the Persian Room at the Plaza Hotel in NYC
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x1 0" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Liza Minelli, cabaret act at the Persian Room, photographed for the New York Times, 1966. Liza was 20 years old. Comes directly from the...
Silver Gelatin
Pink Marilyn - Signed limited edition Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Pink Marilyn Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures approximately 20 x 16" ...
Color, Archival Pigment
$375Sale Price|25% Off
Dancer/Choreographer Lar Lubovitch
Located in Senoia, GA
Dancer/Choreographer Lar Lubovitch, 1971. This is an 8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph that was published by a newspaper or magazine which they u...
Silver Gelatin
$1,680Sale Price|50% Off
ABT principal dancers Cynthia Gregory & Fernando Bujones, signed 16 x 20"
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theater principal dancers Cynthia Gregory and Fernando Bujones costumed for ‘Swan Lake’, ...
Silver Gelatin
$1,875Sale Price|37% Off
Rudolf Nureyev in dance class, January 24, 1962. Signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev in dance class, January 24, 1962. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso and recto. Mounted on archival board, both ...
Silver Gelatin
$900Sale Price|40% Off
Argentine Ballet Dancer Julio Bocca's Legs & Feet, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Argentine Ballet Dancer Julio Bocca's Legs and Feet photographed for Dance Magazine, 1991. Signed by Jack...
Silver Gelatin
$1,875Sale Price|37% Off
Rudolf Nureyev and Erik Bruhn rehearsing in NYC, 1965. Signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev and Erik Bruhn photographed during a rehearsal in Manhattan in 1965. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes di...
Silver Gelatin
Barbara Kruger Annina Nosei 1986 (announcement card)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Barbara Kruger Annina Nosei Gallery 1986: Rare, historic Barbara Kruger announcement card published on the occasion of: - Barbara Kruger, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY, Februa...
Offset
Lights of Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong Architecture Street Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Lights of Mong Kok, Kowloon, Asian architecture photograph by Richard Heeps. The artwork captures the spirit of walking the streets in Hong Kong, the overwhelming buzz of the compet...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Andy Warhol, hand signed by BOTH Andy Warhol and Christopher Makos
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Makos, Andy Warhol Portrait of Andy Warhol taken by photographer Christopher Makos (Hand signed by BOTH Andy Warhol and Christopher Makos...
Silver Gelatin
ICES Red, Bexhill-on-Sea - Pop Art Typography Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Red, bold pop art street photography from Richard Heeps' series, On-Sea. Created as an ode to Richard's childhood visits to his grandparents living on the Sussex coast, the art...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$2,500
Marilyn Monroe An Appreciation original vintage Leo Castelli Gallery print Lt Ed
By Eve Arnold
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous offset lithograph poster was created on the occasion of the Eva Arnold exhibition, Marilyn Monroe: An Appreciation, at the famed Leo Castelli Gallery in 1987 - Castelli...
Offset, Lithograph
Marilyn Monroe -The Last Sitting 7, Photograph by Bert Stern
By Bert Stern
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bert Stern Title: Marilyn Monroe -The Last Sitting Year: 1962 (printed 2009) Medium: Color Photograph, signed and numbered in red crayon Edition: 12...
Photographic Paper
$967
Best Choice in Downtown, Kowloon, Hong Kong Asian architecture color photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Best Choice in Downtown, captured by Richard Heeps in Kowloon in 2016, this piece perfectly captures the layers of Hong Kong. As a photographer Richard is always looking at what trul...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Indian Coca-Cola, Darjeeling - Pop Art Typography Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
This red panorama photograph brings a fantastic pop of colour to a room and the details in it take you on the journey with the photographer. Whilst in Darjeeling Richard became fasci...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$36,000
Tillman, Large Hand Signed Lithograph, Pop Art, 1999, Framed, Edition 50/50
By Robert Longo
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on on Arches wove paper from Men in the Cities portfolio. Hand signed and numbered by Robert Longo. Published by Wolfryd-Selway Fine Art, New York, with their blindstamp....
Paper, Lithograph
ICES Kiosk, Bexhill-on-Sea - Retro English Typography Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Kiosk, Richard recisited the location of his best selling artwork, capturing this cute vignette of the seaside kiosk. This artwork is a limited edition of 25, gloss photographi...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Tape Collection Two Framed Pop Art Red and Yellow Color Limited Edition Prints
Located in Cambridge, GB
Two framed pop artworks from the Heidler and Heeps Tape Collection 'Ferric 60 (Tinted Red)' and 'Yellow Tinted Cassette' The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representati...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Male Model Torso
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
From The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs Photograph of an unknown male model, possibly in Paris, 1980 This work is not signed by the artist, however, each photo is...
Silver Gelatin
$3,757
Dice Series 16 Piece Multicolor 'Twos' Installation - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler & Heeps Dice Series Sixteen Piece Multicolor 'Twos' Square Installation. The number Two Dice, a symbol of balance and harmony, is repeated creating ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$1,008
Tape Collection Two Framed Pop Art Blue Color Limited Edition Prints
Located in Cambridge, GB
Two framed pop artworks from the Heidler and Heeps Tape Collection 'Ferric 60 (Aqua)' and '90 Minutes Vintage Blue' The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations o...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Black and White Marilyn - Signed limited edition Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Black And White Marilyn Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures approximatel...
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Emerald Marilyn - Signed limited edition Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Emerald Marilyn Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures approximately 30 x 2...
Color, Archival Pigment