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POP ART STYLE

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 

  • Bold imagery
  • Bright, vivid colors
  • Straightforward concepts
  • Engagement with popular culture 
  • Incorporation of everyday objects from advertisements, cartoons, comic books and other popular mass media

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.

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Style: Pop Art
Color Lithograph Linocut Chine Collé "Workshop" Bright Modernist Pop Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and numbered edition of 25. 16 x 36" sheet size without frame. “Workshop” is an ambitious color lithograph and linocut with chine collé printed in twelve colors from nine plates and one linocut. It has been printed in an edition of 25, plus proofs, on white Rives BFK paper 16 x 36” with chine collé of various papers. (No, it’s not upside down) Born 1964 in New York where he still currently resides and works alongside his partner the ceramist Kathy Butterly. Son of the photographer Rudy Burckhardt and painter Yvonne Jacquette, Tom Burckhardt was 1986, BFA, State University of New York, Purchase, NY 1992–1993, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME 1996, Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Studio Grant 1997, New York Foundation for the Arts, Painting Grant 1997 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2002 George Hitchcock Award, National Academy of Arts 2003, Richard & Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award, American Academy 2005, AICA Best Show of an Emerging or Underknown Artist 2005 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2006 Best Installation, Best of Houston, the Houston Press 2009 Guggenheim Foundation Grant 2010, New York Foundation for the Arts Drawing/Print Grant 2010 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Tom Burckhardt’s work is a carnival of images jumbled and jostling each other in precarious nonsensical compositions. He uses lushly colored and patterned images from all kinds of sources that bounce between abstraction and representation. Images come from tool catalogs, paper and fabric patterns, funhouse painting, architectural details, stripes, dots and squiggles. It is as if Burckhardt is a cartoonist merrily channeling Ellsworth Kelly, Paul Feeley, Robert Therrien, and Myron Stout, among others. Like Red Grooms, for whom he worked as an assistant, Burckhardt ransacks his influences yet ends up with something unmistakably his own. His work bears the influence of is a synthesis of many things: the tribal-influenced abstract painting of Steve Wheeler...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Linocut

Liknon Red, Large Colorful Pop Art Print by Joe Tilson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joe Tilson, British (1924 - ) Title: Liknon Red Year: 1989 Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: AP 2/5 Paper Size: 39 x 40 inches Frame: 45.5 x 46 inches
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

QUEEN OF QUEENS: A TRIBUTE TO ELIZABETH II (Limited Edition Of Only 30 Prints)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**Annual Summer Sale Until August 31st** **This Offer Won't Be Repeated Again This Year - Tale Advantage of it** Celebrating the beloved QUEEN ELIZABETH II in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Canvas

Pink Cat, Karel Appel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Karel Appel (1921-2006) Title: Pink Cat Year: 1980 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: Bon à Tirer; 125, plus proofs Size: 24.75 x 32.25 inches Condition: Excellent I...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Seven
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Seven Screen print, 1968 Unsigned (as issued) Edition: 2500 From: Number (10 plates), with poems by Robert Creeley Printer: Domberger KG, Stuttgart Publisher: Edition Domberger Stutt...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

David Hockney at Castelli Graphics
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney David Hockney at Castelli Graphics, 1981 Offset Lithograph poster 20 × 16 inches Unframed Rare 1981 poster published on the occasion of the r...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Offset, Lithograph

Jojoba Bean Oil (Rare Framed Woodcut)
Located in Aventura, FL
Color woodcut on 410 gsm somerset white paper. Hand signed lower right by Damien Hirst. Hand numbered 38/55 on verso. From the "40 Woodcut Spots" series published by Paragon Press...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

American Dream (EAT / DIE / HUG / ERR) (Sheehan 136) Love Food Life
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana American Dream (EAT / DIE / HUG / ERR) (Sheehan, 136), 1986 Hard and soft-ground etching, aquatint, drypoint and stencil on white Arches paper 37 inches × 21 inches ...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Stencil

Poster: James Rosenquist at the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art 1968-1983
Located in New York, NY
James Rosenquist Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art 1968-1983 Offset Lithograph Poster on White Wove Paper Plate (printed) signature Limited Edition of 500 (unnumbered) Unframed A...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Offset, Lithograph

Rainbow Rain I (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
*End Of The Year Sale - This Price Is The Lowest - Take Advantage of It* *This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year* **IMPORTANT** This is a Limited edition of on...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Giclée

Coffee Mug /// Contemporary Abstract Pop Art The Rolling Stones Monotype Print
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Kazuhide Yamazaki (Japanese-American, 1951-2023) Title: "Coffee Mug" *Signed and dated by Yamazaki in pencil lower right Year: 1984 Medium: Original Monotype on unbranded wov...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Paint, Acrylic, Monotype

SAILBOATS Signed Lithograph, Abstract Seascape, Asian Boats Aqua Red Brown Green
Located in Union City, NJ
SAILBOATS is an original hand drawn lithograph by the renowned American Pop artist, Peter Max, printed in 1980 in an edition of 165, using traditional hand lithography techniques on ...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

0 (Zero), from the original Numbers portfolio (Sheehan 46-55) Limited Ed. FRAMED
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana 0, from the original Numbers portfolio (Sheehan 46-55), 1968 Color Silkscreen on Wove Paper Limited Edition of 2500 (unsigned) Frame included: Elegantly matted and fra...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

June, Pop Art Print by D'arcangelo 1969
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Allan D'Arcangelo, American (1930 - 1998) Title: June Year: 1969 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 6/100 Size: 14 x 12 in. (35.56 x 30.48 cm) Frame: ...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

POGANY rare 17 color 1960s British Pop silkscreen signed numbered edition of 70
Located in New York, NY
R.B. Kitaj POGANY, 1966 17 colour Screenprint and Photo-screenprint 24 × 36 inches Pencil signed and numbered from the Limited Edition of 70 Hand-signed by artist, Signed & numbered ...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen, Pencil

My Hustler and Beauty No. 2 (one of the top 100 Counter Culture posters ever)
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol My Hustler and Beauty No. 2 (Extremely rare movie flyer), 1966 Offset Lithograph flier, blue ink on pink paper. 11 × 8 1/2 inches Unframed Beauty No. 2 and My Hustler Scr...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Gagosian Gallery Announcement Scarf/Bandana, Andy Warhol Camouflage Exhibition
Located in New York, NY
After Andy Warhol Camouflage Exhibition Gagosian Gallery Announcement Scarf/Bandana, 1998 Silkscreened letters on cotton cloth fabric 21 1/2 × 21 1/2 inches Unframed Collectible souvenir scarf/bandana issued as an invitation to attend the opening reception on November 7, 1998 of the ANDY WARHOL Camouflage Exhibition which ran through January 9, 1999 at Gagosian Gallery downtown on Wooster Street...
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Cotton, Screen

Monograph: Jeff Koons Conversations with Norman Rosenthal, hand signed by both
Located in New York, NY
Jeff Koons Conversations with Norman Rosenthal (Hand signed and inscribed by BOTH Jeff Koons and Norman Rosenthal), 2014 Hardback monograph (hand signed, dated and inscribed) Hand si...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Fahrenheit 1982 (hand signed card, from the collection of UACC president Platt)
Located in New York, NY
Use code FREESHIP at checkout for free shipping. (some exceptions apply) James Rosenquist Fahrenheit 1982 (Hand Signed card), 1982 Offset lithograph card Boldly signed in black mark...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Leo Castelli Gallery poster (Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, John Chamberlain)
Located in New York, NY
Rare collectors item: Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, John Chamberlain New Work, Leo Castelli poster, 1967 Offset lithograph poster invitation with original folds, addressee and post...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

1971 Modernist Lithograph Redhead Pop Art Mod Fashionable Woman Richard Lindner
Located in Surfside, FL
RICHARD LINDNER (American. 1901-1978) Hand Signed limited edition lithograph with blindstamp Publisher: Shorewood-Bank Street Atelier for the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 29.25 X 22 inches Richard Lindner was born in Hamburg, Germany. In 1905 the family moved to Nuremberg, where Lindner's mother was owner of a custom-fitting corset business and Richard Lindner grew up and studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (Arts and Crafts School since 1940 Academy of Fine Arts). From 1924 to 1927 he lived in Munich and studied there from 1925 at the Kunstakademie. In 1927 he moved to Berlin and stayed there until 1928, when he returned to Munich to become art director of a publishing firm. He remained there until 1933, when he was forced to flee to Paris, where he became politically engaged, sought contact with French artists and earned his living as a commercial artist. He was interned when the war broke out in 1939 and later served in the French Army. In 1941 he went to the United States and worked in New York City as an illustrator of books and magazines (Vogue, Fortune and Harper's Bazaar). He began painting seriously in 1952, holding his first one-man exhibit in 1954. His style blends a mechanistic cubism with personal images and haunting symbolism. LIndner maintained contact with the emigre community including New York artists and German emigrants (Albert Einstein, Marlene Dietrich, Saul Steinberg). Though he became a United States citizen in 1948, Lindner considered himself a New Yorker, but not a true American. However, over the course of time, his continental circus women became New York City streetwalkers. New York police uniforms replaced European military uniforms as symbols of authority.At a time when Abstract Expressionism was all the rage, Lindner’s painting went against the current and always kept its distance. His pictorial language of vibrant colours and broad planes of colour and his urban themes make him a forerunner of American Pop Art. At the same time, he owes the critical tone of his paintings to the influence of European art movements such as Neue Sachlichkeit and Dada. His first exhibition did not take place until 1954, by which time he was over fifty, and, interestingly, it was held at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York, a venue associated with the American Expressionists. From 1952 he taught at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, from 1967 at Yale University School of Art and Architecture, New Haven. In 1957 Lindner got the William and Norma Copley Foundation-Award. In 1965 he became Guest Professor at the Akademie für Bildende Künste, Hamburg. His Ice (1966, Whitney Museum of American Art) established a connection between the metaphysical tradition and pop art. He did work on Rowlux which was used by a number of pop artists (most notably Roy Lichtenstein)The painting shows harsh, flat geometric shapes framing an erotic but mechanical robot-woman. His paintings used the sexual symbolism of advertising and investigated definitions of gender roles in the media. While influencing Pop Art (Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann and Claes Oldenburg amongst others) his highly colourful, hard-edge style seems to have brought him close to Pop Art, which he rejected. Nevertheless, he is immortalised on the cover of the Beatles record "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1967) as a patron of the pop culture. He also did a tapestry banner with the Betsy Ross Flag...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled IV - Screen Print on Cardboard - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Montreux Jazz Festival is a vintage poster realized after Keith Haring in 1986. Mixed colored silkscreen print. The artwork was realized in the occasion of the Montreux Jazz Festiv...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Larry Rivers Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gallery (Hand Signed)
Located in New York, NY
Artwork Measurements: 39 1/4 × 29 1/2 inches Larry Rivers Larry Rivers Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gallery (Hand Signed), 1974 Silkscreen in colors on wove paper Hand Signed, anno...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Ray Gun by Claes Oldenburg: screen print with raw black grey industrial texture
Located in New York, NY
Ray gun is one of Oldenburg’s most iconic motifs, and the artist’s tongue-in-cheek alter ego. Oldenburg took the name from a weapon used in the show “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Robert Indiana, Peace Plunges in Despair silkscreen (Rare hand signed/N AP)
Located in New York, NY
"It becomes particularly desperate when the peace symbol is inverted and is really plunging in despair. I grew a little weary of my own despair and my own g...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Campbell's Soup Can poster on thin board
Located in New York, NY
(after) Andy Warhol Campbell's Soup Can Poster, 1993 Offset Lithograph Poster on thin board. Unframed. Authorized by the Andy Warhol Foundation of the Visual Arts, Inc. 30 × 23 1/4 i...
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1980 (Pettibon punk flyer)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1980: Rare early Raymond Pettibon Black Flag punk flyer designed by Pettibon for a gig by Black Flag, Mommy Men, the Circle Jerks, Stains, and Descendents at the Hideaway; Sept. 19, 1980; striking, highly collectible early Raymond Pettibon punk art. Off-set lithograph. 8.5 x 11 inches Very good overall vintage condition. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Rare. Further Background: Before Pettibon gained international recognition in the mid-80s for his skillful marriage of text and drawing, he was an important figure in the Los Angeles alternative scene. Working inside the punk movement, Pettibon’s art from this early period encapsulates the irreverence, intensity, and heightened self-awareness of youth, and chronicles the development of his characteristic violently shadowed and coarse aesthetic. (Source: MOCA, Tuscon). Raymond Pettibon popularized the American punk aesthetic with his designs that captured the riotous and chaotic character of punk such as this rare Black Flag flyer...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Offset, Lithograph

Untitled ( Artist Proof )
Located in New York, NY
Bob Pardo, "Untitled" Artist Proof, Abstract/ Pop Serigraph Screen Print signed and numbered in pencil, 31.50 x 25, Late 20th Century Colors: Purple, R...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Echo Pale, From Mirrors of the Mind Portfolio, 1975
Located in Brecon, Powys
James Rosenquist (American 1933-2017) Echo Pale, From Mirrors of the Mind Portfolio, 1975 signed and dated 'Rosenquist 1975' (lower right); titled and numbered 74/100 lithograph, un...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

VOTE, limited edition political silkscreen, Signed/N with five basketballs
Located in New York, NY
Jonas Wood VOTE, 2018 6-color screenprint on Coventry rag paper Hand signed, dated and numbered from the limited edition of 300 by Jonas Wood on the front 20 3/10 × 14 3/5 inches Unf...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Electric Fan /// Contemporary Abstract Pop Art The Rolling Stones Monotype Print
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Kazuhide Yamazaki (Japanese-American, 1951-2023) Title: "Electric Fan" *Signed and dated by Yamazaki in pencil lower right Year: 1983 Medium: Original Monotype on unbranded w...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Paint, Acrylic, Monotype

MILKY WAY HOLE (Limited Edition Of Only 30 Print On Canvas)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**Annual Summer Sale Until August 31st** **This Offer Won't Be Repeated Again This Year - Tale Advantage of it** **THIS IS A LIMITED EDITION PRINT ON PREMIUM ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Canvas

4 (Four), from the original Numbers portfolio (Sheehan 46-55) = Framed
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana 4, from the original Numbers portfolio (Sheehan 46-55), 1968 Color Silkscreen on Wove Paper Limited Edition of 2500 Not Signed Frame included: Elegantly matted and fr...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

I Love NY from Bullet Space, Your House is Mine, Pop Art by Tom McGlynn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Tom McGlynn, American & Emily Carter, American (1960 - ) Title: I Love NY from Bullet Space, Your House is Mine Year: 1988-1992 Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil Image Siz...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Lt Ed Tony Shafrazi exhibition catalogue (hand signed, dated by Donald Baechler)
Located in New York, NY
Donald Baechler Limited edition Tony Shafrazi exhibition catalogue (hand signed and dated by Donald Baechler), 1983 Softback monograph (hand signed and dated by Donald Baechler) Bold...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Turn to Me I See Eternity popular limited edition Valentine's day print Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Stephen Powers Turn to Me I See Eternity, 2016 Three color screenprint on 235g Coventry Rag Pencil with artist's trademark hat logo and numbered from the edition of 100 12 × 12 inche...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen, Pencil

Colossal Flashlight in Place of Hoover Dam
Located in New York, NY
Claes Oldenburg Lithograph printed in colors on Rives wove paper Signed in pencil Oldenberg (lower right); numbered 88/100 (lower left) 33 × 23 inches Unframed Executed in 1982, this...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Yankee Flame Pop Art photorealist Lt Ed Signed/N. Statue of Liberty US President
Located in New York, NY
Ben Schonzeit Yankee Flame, from the portfolio: America: the Third Century, 1975 Collotype on wove paper Pencil signed and numbered 50/200 on the front Publisher: APC Editions, Chermayeff & Geismar Associates, Inc Printer: Triton Press 27 × 19 3/10 inches Unframed Note: this is the original hand signed and numbered collotype; not to be confused with the separate (unsigned) poster edition. This hand-signed, numbered and dated collotype in colors by photorealist pioneer artist Ben Schonzeit was created in 1975 for the portfolio America: the Third Century, commissioned by Mobil Oil Corporation in which 13 American artists, including Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist and others created works celebrating America's bicentennial. Yankee Flame combines the iconic images of George Washington, Coca-Cola and the Statue of Liberty into a collaged interpretation of contemporary American life and the meaning of freedom. "Yankee Flame" is in excellent condition and never framed. It was acquired as part of the America: The Third Century full portfolio. Ben Schonzeit (b. 1942, Brooklyn, New York) is one of the original Photorealist painters and is considered to have pioneered the airbrush technique. His works often depict still life arrangements that are intentionally out of focus. He received his B.F.A. from The Cooper Union in 1964 and has since had over 50 solo exhibitions both in the United States and abroad. His paintings are held in numerous museum collections including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In 1973 Nancy Hoffman introduced me to Ben Schonzeit in the backroom of her gallery on West Broadway. She had been open less than a year, and Ben was one of the artists in her original stable. His large Crab Blue It had arrived from his studio a few days earlier and was leaning against the wall. I thought at the time it was one of the most impressive, virtuosic Photorealist works I had seen. That first encounter was more than a quarter of a century ago and I have always considered it to be one of the quintessential, tour de force paintings of American Photorealism. In the early seventies one could stand on West Broadway on any pleasant, sunny weekday and see less than a dozen people on the street between the Nancy Hoffman Gallery and OK Harris Works of Art. Almost all of the SoHo galleries, such as Leo Castelli, Paula Cooper, Ward-Nasse, and Ivan Karp’s Hundred Acres, could be visited in an afternoon. At night the streets were almost deserted. With the exception of Andy Warhol, there were no art world superstars. More importantly, none of the artists expected to achieve celebrity status. That was a phenomenon of the eighties and nineties. There were a only a handful of restaurants and watering holes, such Elephant and Castle, Fanelli’s, the Spring Street Bar and Prince Street Bar. Fanelli’s closed on weekends, which was a holdover from their sweatshop clientele during lunch and ragtag group of artists in the evenings. In those early days of SoHo, the drafty, raw sweatshop spaces with their large windows, rough floors, and service elevators provided large, inexpensive living quarters and studios for many artists. Unlike today, there were no boutiques. The area was not chic and with the exception of Lowell Nesbett’s showplace, the lofts were not glamorous. Schonzeit was in the same living and working space the he now occupies when I first visited him, but SoHo was a very different time and place. When the National Endowment of the Arts recommended me to curate America 1976, which turned into one of the major visual arts projects for the Bicentennial, Ben Schonzeit was on the first list of participants I made up for the U.S. Department of the Interior. His large diptych, Continental Divide, was one of the most memorable works produced for the exhibit. I stopped by his studio four or five times while it was in progress and have visited him many times over the years. We have maintained a very cordial working relationship and friendship over the past three decades. I saw The Music Room exhibit in 1978 and realized at the time that the vigorously rendered mural sized canvases and mirror and related works represented a major catharsis in his painting. In many ways, it and the other paintings and drawings based on the same image represented a sharp, decisive break with the tenets of Photorealism, or at least the photo-replicative aspects that had been so widely heralded in America and abroad in the mid-seventies. Over the years we have continued to work together. He has been in almost all of the major exhibitions I have curated here and abroad and in almost all of the books I have written. I am familiar with his studio habits, his quiet, internalized restlessness that manifests itself in the hundreds of small, unknown drawings and watercolors, doodles on napkins during lunch, and imaginary landscapes. I also know that he would rather do a painting than think or talk about it. Over the years I have followed the shifts in his studio procedure from the monumental airbrushed fruit and vegetable paintings to the most recent bouquets of flowers and decorative paintings. Our discussions of these matters tends to lapse into a verbal shorthand at this point. The following essay is based on both my longstanding familiarity and admiration for his work and involvement with contemporary realism and figurative painting. A booklet of color xeroxes with notes made up by Schonzeit was extremely helpful. In addition to several interviews, much of the information unfolded through a lengthy series of Emails. Due to our different working habits these were composed and sent out very late at night and answered by Ben the following morning. They dealt with the specifics of many of the paintings, generalities, his background and childhood in Brooklyn, and occasional bits of art world gossip. And there were odd discoveries. Prior to discussing his witty, tongue in cheek painting of Buffalo Bill, I did not know or had long forgotten that William Cody...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Other Medium, Lithograph, Pencil

Dondi White NYC 1987 (Dondi graffiti artist)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Dondi White NYC 1987: A rare, highly collectible Dondi White illustrated exhibition announcement published on the occasion of: 'Matter of Facts, New Drawings by Dondi White'. 56 Blee...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Black Stars, Aquatint by Patrick Hughes
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Patrick Hughes, British (1939 - ) Title: Black Stars Year: 1980 Medium: Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 30/90 Size: 36 x 29.25 inches
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

Chicago International Art Exposition print (Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha) rare!
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha Chicago International Art Exposition (Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha), 1983 Offset Lithograph. Pencil Signed and dated. Unframed. Signed and dated by Ed Ruscha in graphite pencil...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

1 (One), from the original Numbers portfolio (Sheehan 46-55)
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana 1, from the original Numbers portfolio (Sheehan 46-55), 1968 Color Silkscreen on Wove Paper Limited Edition of 2500 Not Signed Frame included: Elegantly matted and fra...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

HELIOTHERAPY LOVE
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint on lenox museum board. Hand Signed, Numbered, And Dated in Pencil. Edition 297/300. Printed By Brand X Editions. Published by Donald J. Christal, Los Angeles, CA. Ver...
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Board, Screen

First edition hardback monograph (hand signed and inscribed by Hirst with heart)
Located in New York, NY
Damien Hirst "I want to spend the rest of my life everywhere with everyone," 1997 Hardback monograph with hand signed ink inscription Fine provenance: Hand signed and inscribed to a...
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Rolling Collar and Tie (Axsom/Platzker 259) iconic Pop Art lithograph Ed of 52
Located in New York, NY
Claes Oldenburg Rolling Collar and Tie (AXSOM/PLATZKER 259), 1995 Color lithograph on rice paper Pencil signed and numbered from the limited edition of only 52 on the front Measureme...
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Tide
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tide" 1979 is an original colors etching with aquatint on Pescia Italia paper by renown American artist James Rosenquist, 1933-2017. It is hand signed, dated, ti...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Custom Print I (from 11 Pop Artist, Volume I) I Dream of Jeannie & Blue Car
Located in New York, NY
Peter Phillips Custom Print I (from 11 Pop Artist, Volume I), 1965 Silkscreen on foil coated paper 24 × 20 inches Pencil signed, dated and numbered 100/200. Unframed This dazzling, ...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Ballet Shoe /// Kazuhide Yamazaki Monotype Contemporary Pop Art Dance Yellow
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Kazuhide Yamazaki (Japanese-American, 1951-2023) Title: "Ballet Shoe" *Signed and dated by Yamazaki in pencil lower right Year: 1981 Medium: Original Monotype on Arches paper...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Paint, Acrylic, Monotype

Bunraku, James Rosenquist, abstract Japanese puppetry monochrome Pop Art
Located in New York, NY
This abstract monochrome print portrays large, shiny dark purple bubbles that cascade over a scribbled, dense background. The sense of moveme...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Deceleration I, 1968 - Graphic Pop Art Screenprint, White, Blue and Red, 20th C
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Laing was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. He grew up during World War II and experienced the Battle of Britain as young boy. He attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and served...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Santa Fe Opera (Deluxe VIP Edition; Hand Signed & Numbered AP Edition of 50)
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT INDIANA Santa Fe Opera (Hand signed, numbered), 1976 Silkscreen on wove paper 37 1/2 × 27 inches Edition AP 7/50 Hand Signed and dated lower rig...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen, Pencil, Graphite

HEAL
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana HEAL, 2015 Silkscreen on 2ply Rising Museum Board Signed, dated and numbered 5/25 on the front This is one of the last works the artist personally signed before he pas...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Pop Art Book: Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean, Oxford UK (Hand Signed by Jeff Koons)
Located in New York, NY
Jeff Koons Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean (Hand Signed by Jeff Koons), 2019 Softcover monograph with glossy wraps and French folded flaps Hand signed with full date by Koons in silver m...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset, Ink

Sightseeing (black pull) James Rosenquist text Pop Art in black and white
Located in New York, NY
This abstract composition features a cropped view of the words SIGHT SEEING, in bold all-capital lettering. Roses fill the top line of text, and the bottom line of text in white is s...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Cecil The Lion V (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL APRIL 15TH ONLY** **This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year - Take Advantage** Remember Cecil, the old lion killed in Africa by an Americ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Giclée

What Did I Do? Limited edition signed print featuring The Unauthorized Biography
Located in New York, NY
Larry Rivers What Did I Do? The Unauthorized Biography, 1992 Lithograph on wove paper Hand signed, numbered 3/325 and dated on lower right front Frame In...
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Tribute 21 (Human Rights), Robert Rauschenberg
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) Title: Tribute 21 (Human Rights) Year: 1994 Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Edition: 20/50, plus proofs Size: 40.75 x 27 inches Condition: ...
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Deluxe signed & numbered lithograph for the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT INDIANA Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden Opening Exhibition (Signed & Numbered Edition), 1974 Lithograph on wove paper 32 × 26 inches Signed and numbered 4/100 in pencil on...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

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