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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.

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Style: Op Art
Period: 20th Century
Laudis End
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Laudis End" 1981 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 90/99 in pencil...
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Mid-20th Century Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Blue Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Victor Debach in the 1970s. Mixed colored screen print on paper. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numbered o...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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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
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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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
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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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
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

"Fiesta" Op Art Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Fiesta Year: circa 1970 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 130 Image Size: 18 x 26 inches Size: 22 x 30 in...
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Screen

Optical Green Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Optical green composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Victor Debach in the 1970s. Mixed colored screen print on paper. Hand signed on the lower right margin. ...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

TRIDIM Gris
Located in Fairlawn, OH
TRIDIM Gris Screen print, 1986 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Edition: 200 (76/200) From: portfolio enetitled "35 ans apres" Printed at Atelier Arcay, Paris, France Publisher: Park West Gallery...
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Blue Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Victor Debach in the 1970s. Mixed colored screen print on paper. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numbered o...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Blue Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Victor Debach in the 1970s. Mixed colored screen print on paper. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numbered o...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Pinwheel, Framed OP Art Silkscreen by Jurgen Peters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Pinwheel Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 14/250 Image Size: 24 x 24 inches Size: 27 in. x...
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Optical Green Composition - Original Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Optical green composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Victor Debach in the 1970s. Mixed colored serigraph on paper. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Num...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Yellow Filtration, 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: Yellow Filtration Year: 1981 Medium: Screen...
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Cosca II “VP 100”
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cosca II “VP 100” Screen print, 1982 Signed and numbered by the artist (see photo of signature) Edition: 325 plus 65 Vasarely Foundation (127/325) Editor: no editor/publisher is prov...
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Egg 2 (Purple)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kyohei Inukai, American (1913 - 1985) Title: Egg 2 (Purple) Year: circa 1970 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 5/45 Image Size: 20 x 26 inches Size:...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Olkia-1
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Olkia-1 Color lithograph, 1962 Signed dated and numbered in lower margin Edition: 80 (32/80) Condition: Very good. White pigment appears to have been added along the border of the oval shape by the artist. Framed with matting in a metal section frame. Image: 20 x 17 3/4" Frame: 31 1/2 x 24" Reference: Benavides & Vasarely 529 Provenance: Martha Jackson Gallery, NY Anderson Gallery...
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1960s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Blue Composition - Original Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Victor Debach in the 1970s. Mixed colored screen print on paper. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numbered o...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Blue Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Victor Debach in the 1970s. Mixed colored screen print on paper. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numbered o...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Blue Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Victor Debach in the 1970s. Mixed colored screen print on paper. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numbered o...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Untitled 1960s Op Art Silkscreen Geometric Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Doug Ohlson Untitled 1960s Op Art Silkscreen, 1968 Color silkscreen on wove paper 22. × 18 1/5 inches x .5 inches Hand signed, dated and numbered 15/50 on...
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1960s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen, Pencil

Our M.C.-2
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Our M.C.-2 Screen print, 1970 Signed in pencil lower right Chop stamp: Denise Rene Editeur, on lower left margin From: Album Charities Edition: 300 (35/300) Catalog raisonne states e...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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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...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Paper, Screen

Blue Target
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kyohei Inukai, American (1913 - 1985) Title: Blue Target Year: circa 1970 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 50 Image Size: 21.25 x 25 inches Size: 23...
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Screen

COMPOSITION
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size 35.5 x 20 inches. Frame size approx 49 x 32 inches. From the edition of 250. Certificate of authenticity i...
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Paper, Screen

Blue and Red Space
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Blue and Red Space Ilk Screen, 1971 Signed and dated lower right (see photo) editioned lower left (see photo) Edition: 75 (75/75) Sheet size: 22 1/8 x 29 7/8" Image: 21-7/8 x 29-5/8"...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

DOOR-MC
Located in Fairlawn, OH
DOOR-MC Screen print, 1982 Signed and numbered in pencil Printed on Arches wove paper Published by Atelier Arcay, Paris Edition: 325 (47/325) Reference Benavides & Vasarely No. 894 C...
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Karen, OP Art Screenprint by Josef Levi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josef Levi, American (1938 - ) Title: Karen Year: 1972 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150; AP XII Image Size: 12 x 12 inches Size: 14 x 18 in...
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Screen

Facade 1
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Facade I Screen print, 1970 Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 (44/100) Provenance: Estate of the artist By decent Condition: Excellent Image: 24 x 29" Sheet:...
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Screen

Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Victor Vasarely was a French-Hungarian artist credited as the grandfather and leader of the Op Art movement. Utilizing geometric shapes and colorful graphics, the artist created compelling illusions of spatial depth, as seen in his work Vega-Nor (1969). Vasarely’s method of painting borrowed from a range of influences, including Bauhaus design principles, Wassily Kandinsky, and Constructivism. Born Győző Vásárhelyi on April 9, 1906 in Pécs, Hungary, he briefly studied medicine, but after two years he dedicated himself to learn academic painting. In the late 1920s, Vasarely enrolled at the Muhely Academy in Budapest, where the syllabus was largely based on Walter Gropius’s Bauhaus school in Germany. After settling in Paris in 1930, Vasarely worked in advertising agencies to support himself as a graphic artist while creating many works including Zebra (1937), which is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Op Art. The artist experimented in a style based in Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism during the 1940s, before arriving at his hallmark checkerboard paintings...
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Mid-20th Century Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

"Composition" by Victor Vasarely
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) Composition Screenprint in color Pencil signed lower right Edition 234/275 Image Size: 26"h x 26"w, Sheet (unframed): 31"h x 30"w Victor Vasarely...
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1960s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Sequential IX, OP Art Silkscreen by Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930-2020 ), one from Sequential Portfolio, 1972, silkscreen printed in colors, 28 x 21 in. (71.12 x 53.34 cm), unsigned and unnumbered aside from th...
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Screen

Negative-Positive - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Negative-Positive is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Good condition. Bruno Muna...
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1990s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Orion, Geometric OP Art Serigraph by Tony Bechara
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Tony Bechara, Puerto Rican (1942 - ) Title: Orion Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Image Size: 26 x 19 inches Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (...
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Screen

Victor Vasarely Screen Print Abstract, Geometric Squares Cubes Hexagon
Located in Detroit, MI
Victor Vasarely born in 1906 was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader of the Op Art movement. Op Art is a form of abstract art that gives the illusion of movement by the precise use of pattern and color, or in which conflicting patterns emerge and overlap. Victor Vasarely and Brigit Riley are its most famous exponents. In its visual balancing act of color and movement from a flat plane to developed continuous flow “Untitled” is a complex arrangement of squares and colors that visually expand and contract. It is one of Vasarely’s most successful Op Art abstract works. The piece is signed on the lower right and number 20/150 on the lower left. The print is behind glass and matted. Vasarely was born in Pecs and grew up in Slovakia and Budapest, where in 1925, he took up medical studies. Abandoning medicine he turned to traditional academic painting at the private Podolini-Volkmann Academy. In 1928/1929, he enrolled at Sandor Bortnyik’s private art school widely recognized as Budapest's centre of Bauhaus studies. His studies concentrated on applied graphic art and typographical design. In 1929, he painted his Blue Study and Green Study. In 1930, he married his fellow student Claire Spinner (1908–1990). Together they had two sons, Andre and Jean-Pierre. Vasarely became a graphic designer and a poster artist during the 1930s combining patterns and organic images with each other. Vasarely utilized geometric shapes and colorful graphics, the artist created compelling illusions of spatial depth, as seen in his work Vega-Nor (1969). Vasarely’s method of painting borrowed from a range of influences, including Bauhaus design principles, Wassily Kandinsky, and Constructivism. In the late 1920s, Vasarely enrolled at the Muhely Academy in Budapest, where the syllabus was largely based on Walter Gropius’s Bauhaus school in Germany. After settling in Paris in 1930, Vasarely worked in advertising agencies to support himself as a graphic artist while creating many works including Zebra (1937), which is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Op Art. The artist experimented in a style based in Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism during the 1940s, before arriving at his hallmark checkerboard...
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Mid-20th Century Op Art Abstract Prints

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Paper, Screen

Spring Suite (Yellow with Yellow), OP Art Etching by Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

Negative-Positive - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Negative-Positive is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Good condition. Bruno Muna...
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1990s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

1973 "Shatagma, Wargame" Op Art Abstract Silkscreen
By Judith Azur
Located in Arp, TX
Judith Azur "Shatagma, Wargame" 1973 Silkscreen on Paper 24 1/2" x 24 1/2", unframed Signed lower right in pencil *Custom framing available for additional ...
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Paper, Screen

Tecoma - 1972 - Victor Vasarely - Lithograph
Located in Roma, IT
Tecoma is a wonderful colored lithograph with a black, blue, pink abstract composition realized by Victor Vasarely in 1972. The plate is from the portfolio Octal edited by Bruckmann...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Involution - Union 4B" Original Large-Scale Abstract Woodcut by Kazumi Amano
Located in Soquel, CA
"Involution - Union 4B" Original Large-Scale Abstract Woodcut by Kazumi Amano Stunning Op-Art checkered color woodblock by Kazumi Amano (Japanese, 1927-2...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Paper, Ink

Negative-Positive - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Negative-Positive is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Good condition. Bruno Muna...
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1990s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Victor Vasarely, Door, 1982
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Victor Vasarely (Hungarian / French 1906 – 1997) Door, 1982 Numbered ‘E.A. 7/9’ (lower left) and signed Vasarely (lower right) Artist’s proof Silkscreen print 43 x 23.1/2 in. (109.3 ...
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Screen

Trespass, 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: Trespass Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint, si...
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Tokyo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Victor Vasarely, Hungarian, 1906-1997 Title: Tokyo Year: 1982 Medium: Color serigraph Edition: Numbered 180/250 in pencil Paper: Wove Image size: 25.5 x 25.5 inches Framed s...
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Screen

K-3B, 1971, Op Art Screenprint by Josef Levi
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by American artist Josef Levi. Levi is especially known for his interest in the visual similarities that transcend cultures, like the pattern shown here....
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Screen

David Roth, Abstract Screenprint, 1979
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

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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...
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

"Extrusive" Abstract Op-Art Serigraph
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful multi color serigraph by Roy Ahlgren (American, 1927-2011). This piece transitions from a dark magenta to a silvery blue, passing through warm grey shades in between. The s...
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Ink, Laid Paper, Screen

Peano Curves - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Triptych for Munari is an print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Mixed colored screen print on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand-signed and numbered in pencil on the lower margin. E...
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1990s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Negative-Positive - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Negative-Positive is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Good condition. Bruno Munar...
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1990s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Peano Curves - Original Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Peano Curves is an original Serigraph realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Excellent condition. Bruno Munari (...
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1990s Op Art Abstract Prints

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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: ...
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1960s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Peano Curves - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Peano Curves is an original Serigraph realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Excellent condition. Bruno Munari (...
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1990s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Gamut, Op Art Screenprint by Mark Rowland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mark Rowland (American, 1953 - ) Title: Gamut Medium: Screenprint, signed, dated, and titled in pencil Edition 214/300 Size: 30 x 30 in. (76.2 x ...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Conferring Blue
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information: Julian Stanczak Conferring Blue 1981 Screenprint 25 x 25 in. Edition of 175 Pencil signed and numbered Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Orange, OP Art Screenprint by Josef Levi
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by American artist Josef Levi. Levi is especially known for his interest in the visual similarities that transcend cultures, like the pattern shown here....
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Peano Curves - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Peano Curves is an original Serigraph realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Excellent condition. Bruno Munari (...
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1990s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Negative-Positive - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Negative-Positive is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Good condition. Bruno Munar...
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1990s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Force Field (Purple), Screenprint by Kyohei Inukai
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kyohei Inukai, American (1913 - 1985) Title: Force Field (Purple) Year: circa 1970 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 50 Image Size: 21 x 25 inches S...
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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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