Op Art Abstract Prints
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.
Style: Op Art
Color: Brown
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 Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Untitled. Original color silkscreen, cca. 1980. Edition of 200 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Victor Vasarely was a French painter of Hungarian origin. Influenced b...
Category
Late 20th Century Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Vega-Tuz
Located in Kansas City, MO
Victor Vasarely
Vega-Tuz
Year: 1981
Medium: Color Lithograph
Size: 23.0 x 16.0 in.
Signed in in the stone
COA provided
Victor Vasarely (Hungarian-French, 1906-1997) is one of the founding fathers of the Op-Art movement in Europe. His brightly colored optical patterns introduced a visually kinetic aspect to the traditionally flat paintings of his generation. Vasarely originally planned on becoming a doctor, however he abandoned medicine to follow his passion in the arts and enrolled at Sandor Bortnyik's private art school called Muhely, at the time widely recognized as Budapest's centre of Bauhaus studies...
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Parmasos VIII
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Parmasos VIII. 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, ...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Untitled. Original color silkscreen, cca. 1980. Edition of 50 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Victor Vasarely was a French painter of Hungarian origin. Influenced by...
Category
1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
"Oktoqou III" 1974 OpArt Silkscreen Jürgen Peters
Located in Arp, TX
Jürgen Peters
Oktoqou III
1974
Silkscreen 59/125
28.25"x28.25" unframed
Signed, dated, titled, and print number across bottom in pencil.
*Custom framing available for additional cha...
Category
1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Untitled
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Untitled. 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 b...
Category
1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Victor Vasarely (French-Hungarian, 1906-1997)
Untitled, 1974
Hand-signed in pencil
Screenprint
27 3/8 x 26 3/8 in
69.5 x 67.0 cm
Ed. 250
Category
1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Brown Mandala, Silkscreen by Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Brown Mandala
Year: 1969
Medium: Silkscreen on Scintilla paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 75
Paper Size: ...
Category
1960s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Rivotril, 1990
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1990, this original color serigraph is hand signed by Victor Vasarely (Pécs, 1906 - Paris, 1997) in pencil in the lower right margin. Numbered 270/300, this piece was prin...
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1990s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Sequential Chroma, Op Art Screenprint by Julian Stanczak
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful OP Art silkscreen by Poland-born American OP Artist, Julian Stanczak.
Artist: Julian Stanczak, American (1928 - 2017)
Title: Sequential Chroma
Year: 1981
Medium: Screen...
Category
1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Compounded Red
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Julian Stanczak
Compounded Red
1981
Screenprint
26 x 26 in.
Edition of 175
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art
Category
1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Aztec
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Aztec" 1983 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 71/150 in pencil by ...
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Mid-20th Century Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Tempo of Three 1981 Screenprint 26 x 39 1/4 in. Edition of 175
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Julian Stanczak
Tempo of Three
1981
Screenprint
26 x 39 1/4 in.
Edition of 175
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art
Category
1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Tsillag
Located in London, GB
Hand-painted acrylic on wood three-dimensional multiple, 1990, signed and numbered from the edition of 175 in ink, 52.7 x 61 x 7.9 cm. (20 3/4 x 24 x 3 1/8 in.)
Category
1990s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Inward Eye, #2 OP Art Serigraph by Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publishers stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500.
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American ...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Aftermath
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Aftermath" 1981 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 2/150in pencil b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Galaxy V
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Galaxy V
Year: 1969
Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil
Edition: AP
Image Size: 17 x 17 inches
Size: 20 x 20 in. (51.44 x 50...
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1960s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
"Busta" 38x50" illusion on canvas
Located in Southampton, NY
This illusionistic work on canvas titled "Busta" is a collaboration between two artists, Joe Doyle and Diane Rosenblum. The surface of the canvas is completely flat but a remarkable ...
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2010s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink, Pigment
David Roth, Abstract Screenprint, 1979
By David Roth
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by American artist David Roth. Roth's images are proportioned according to a strict mathematical formula - the pictures are composed according to horizon...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Compounded Red
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and numbered in pencil
Publisher: Eugene Shuster, London Arts
Printer: Vistec Graphics, Rochester, New York
Stamp verso: London Arts Copyright 1980
Edition: 175 (85/175)
Category
1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Composition Gold
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Victor Vasarely
Composition Gold
1980
Screenprint
13 x 10 in.
Edition of 50
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art.
...
Category
1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Marathon Man, OP Art silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marathon Man
Roy Ahlgren, American (1927–2011)
Date: 1979
Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil
Edition of 125
Image Size: 23 x 17 in...
Category
1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Teke
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Victor Vasarely
Teke
c. 1970
Screenprint
34 1/2 x 30 1/2 in.
Edition of 250
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art.
C...
Category
1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Hydra, OP Art silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hydra
Roy Ahlgren, American (1927–2011)
Date: 1980
Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil
Edition of 17/50
Image Size: 17 x 23 inches
Size: 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66...
Category
1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Nebulus II
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Victor Vasarely
Nebulus II
c. 1980
Screenprint
32 1/2 x 30 3/4 in.
Edition of 50
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art....
Category
1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
City of New York, Op Art Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: City of New York
Year: 1972
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Image Size: 20 x 26 inches
Size: 23 x 29 ...
Category
1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Allegro, Op Art Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Allegro
Year: 1986
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 23/100
Image Size: 18 x 25.5 inches
Size: 22.5 x 30 in...
Category
1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
"Fan Figuration, " Serigraph, 1980
Located in Long Island City, NY
This serigraph was created by German artist Jurgen Peters. Peters was a very well known optical artist in the 1970s, he was a contemporary of Victor Vasarely, Yaacov Agam and Briget Riley...
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Luna
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Luna
Year: 1977
Edition: AP
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Image Size: 17.5 x 17.5 inches
Size: 20 x 20 inches
Category
1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Compounded Red, Op Art Screenprint by Julian Stanczak
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful OP Art silkscreen by Poland-born American OP Artist, Julian Stanczak.
Artist: Julian Stanczak, American (1928 - 2017)
Title: Compounded Red
Year: 1981
Medium: Screenpri...
Category
1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
"Couleur Additive Perseus" by Carlos Cruz-Diez, 21st Century, Optical Art
Located in Köln, DE
"Couleur Additive Perseus" has a stunning appearance and an optical effect, which catches the beholder's attention from the very first time. Carlos Cruz-Diez from Venezuela was one o...
Category
2010s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Op Art abstract prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Op Art abstract prints 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 abstract prints 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 Paper 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 abstract prints, so small editions measuring 5.5 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract prints 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 $64,396, while the average work sells for $1,036.
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