Op Art Figurative 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
BI-VEGA
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size 39.75 x 25.75 inches. Frame size approx 50 x 35 inches. From the main edition of 250.
Additional images avai...
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1970s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Faces of Dali #4
Located in Greenwich, CT
Faces of Dalí #4 is a serigraph on paper with an image size of 25 x 17 inches, signed 'Yvaral' lower right and numbered 160/200 lower left. From the edition of 263 (there were also 2...
Category
20th Century Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen, Paper
Faces of Dali #2
Located in Greenwich, CT
Faces of Dalí #2 is a serigraph on paper with an image size of 26 x 18 inches, signed 'Yvaral' lower right and numbered 80/200 lower left. From the edition of 263 (there were also 20...
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20th Century Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen, Paper
Faces of Dali #1
Located in Greenwich, CT
Faces of Dalí #1 is a serigraph on paper with an image size of 26 x 18 inches, signed 'Yvaral' lower right and numbered 91/200 lower left. From the edition of 263 (there were also 20...
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20th Century Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen, Paper
Faces of Dali #6
Located in Greenwich, CT
Faces of Dalí #6 is a serigraph on paper with an image size of 26 x 18 inches, signed 'Yvaral' lower right and numbered 115/200 lower left. From the edition of 263 (there were also 2...
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20th Century Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen, Paper
Harlequin, OP Art Silkscreen by Victor Vasarely
Located in Long Island City, NY
Harlequin by Victor Vasarely, Hungarian (1908–1997)
Date: circa 1980
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 78/250
Image Size: 25.75 x 16 inches
Size: 30.5 x 19.75 in....
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1980s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Le Legende (Marilyn Monroe), Yvaral
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yvaral, Jean-Pierre Vasarely (1934-2002)
Title: Le Legende (Marilyn Monroe)
Year: 1990
Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper
Edition: 12/100, plus proofs
Size: 31 x 23.5 inches
C...
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1990s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Wash Art 1978, Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yaakov Agam (1928)
Title: Wash Art
Year: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper
Size: 38.5 x 23.25 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed in colored ink
Notes: Publis...
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1970s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Victor Vasarely The Golfer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Victor Vasarely: 1906-1997. Well listed Hungarian French artist with Auction records for prints over $100,000. He was considered the grandfather of the op art movement. This really ...
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1970s Op Art Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Chateau Mouton Rothschild label (hand signed)
By Yaacov Agam
Located in New York, NY
Yaacov Agam
Chateau Mouton Rothschild label (hand signed), 1984
Offset lithograph (hand signed by Yaacov Agam)
Hand signed twice in black and ...
Category
1980s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Sidney Janis Gallery Exhibition Poster
Located in New York, NY
Victor Vasarely
Sidney Janis Gallery Exhibition Poster, 1974
Silkscreen poster on glossy thick paper
Bears copyright stamp, printer name and ...
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1970s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Jeux Enquête - Choisissez vos Ennemis (Choose your Enemies) silkscreen signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Julio Le Parc
Jeux Enquête - Choisissez vos Ennemis, 1970-2014
Screenprint on wove paper
Hand signed, dated and numbered 46/50 in graphite by the artist on the front
Published by Ser...
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2010s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Graphite, Screen
Energetic Influence (Cut-out, Collage, Black & White, Patterns, Negative Space)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Louise Marler
Energetic Influence
Archival Pigment Print
Epson UltraChrome Archival Inks on White Metallic Archival Stock
2022
Edition: 10
Size: 20x16inches
Signed and numbered by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1695
*Separate Edition of 10 in size 10x8in available. Please inquire within.
** Framing Options available. Please inquire within.
Tags: Cut-out, collage, black and white, patterns, negative space, organic
Louise Marler’s photo-based Mixed Media art, is iconic visual vocabulary. Au-thentic style has led to exhibits, art collections and events which integrate his-tory, education, and entertainment. Raised in a family that collected, sold and repaired typewriters. These and other analog, vintage machines are part of her personal history and led naturally to becoming part of the subject matter of her visual expression. Louise Marleris inspired by Americana and also influenced by pop art and technology.
“I developed my unique art style in a Santa Monica Airport (former mechanic) hanger turned art studio. I currently live and work in St. Louis where antique row meets the most progressive art...
Category
2010s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Tulip and Bees (Cut-out, Collage, Black & White, Patterns, Negative Space)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Louise Marler
Tulip and Bees
Archival Pigment Print
Epson UltraChrome Archival Inks on White Metallic Archival Stock
2022
Edition: 10
Size: 20x16inches
Signed and numbered by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1694
*Separate Edition of 10 in size 10x8in available. Please inquire within.
** Framing Options available. Please inquire within.
Tags: Cut-out, collage, black and white, patterns, negative space, organic
Louise Marler’s photo-based Mixed Media art, is iconic visual vocabulary. Au-thentic style has led to exhibits, art collections and events which integrate his-tory, education, and entertainment. Raised in a family that collected, sold and repaired typewriters. These and other analog, vintage machines are part of her personal history and led naturally to becoming part of the subject matter of her visual expression. Louise Marleris inspired by Americana and also influenced by pop art and technology.
“I developed my unique art style in a Santa Monica Airport (former mechanic) hanger turned art studio. I currently live and work in St. Louis where antique row meets the most progressive art...
Category
2010s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
TETTYE
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph in colors on wove paper. Hand signed and numbered by Victor Vasarely. From the edition of 250. Image size 26 x 26 inches. Sheet size 34.5 x 30 inches. Frame size approx 40 x 37 inches.
Additional images available upon request. Certificate of authenticity included. Artwork in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the Artist: Victor Vasarely ((French/Hungarian, 1906–1997) was 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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1970s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
NEPTUNE
Located in Aventura, FL
Neptune, from Eight Impressions. Serigraph in colors on wove paper. Hand signed and numbered by Victor Vasarely. Un-numbered (outside the hand numbered edition of 250). Image size 16 x 16 inches. Sheet size 24.37 x 19.25 inches. Frame size approx 26.5 x 25.5 inches.
Additional images available upon request. Certificate of authenticity included. Artwork in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the Artist: Victor Vasarely ((French/Hungarian, 1906–1997) was 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...
Category
1970s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Black and White Lithograph "L'echiquier" (the Chessboard) by Victor Vasarely
Located in Pasadena, CA
Victor Vasarely, the Hungarian-French artist and pioneer of the Op Art movement, is renowned for integrating geometric abstraction and optical illusions in his artwork. The Chessboar...
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Late 20th Century Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Canopic Prestidigitation
By Nancy Graves
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Over the course of her prolific and radical career, Nancy Graves became a master of translating the primary data of soft science disciplines such as archaeology and anthropology into empirically informed, expressive works, such as "Canopic Prestidigitation."
A large-scale, 23-color lithograph, Canopic Prestidigitation is as technically masterful as it is conceptually layered.
Graves combines the Egyptian visual lexicon of the afterlife and allusions to European Renaissance masterworks to catalyze heuristic understandings of cross-cultural communication—Figures rendered in the hybridized profile-portrait style of Egyptian hieroglyphs float through a swirling and subtle maze of neo-classical architectural suggestions, while a disembodied hand reminiscent of Michelangelo’s "The Creation of Adam" reaches out through a frothing red portal. A cast-paper representation of Horus perches in the bottom right corner of the work, a nod to the symbolic language of the print and Graves’ multi-disciplined artistic approach. When read together, the elements of Canopic Prestidigitation become an artistic interpretation of the intangible qualities of social science...
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1990s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Lithograph
PAPILLON
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph in colors on wove paper. Hand signed and numbered by Victor Vasarely. From the edition of 250. Image size 23.25 x 30.25 inches. Sheet size 31 x 37.25 inches. Frame size approx 36 x 42 inches.
Additional images available upon request. Certificate of authenticity included. Artwork in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the Artist: Victor Vasarely ((French/Hungarian, 1906–1997) was 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...
Category
1980s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
FILLE FLEUR
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper.. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size 25.75 x 16 inches. Sheet size 30.5 x 19.5 inches. Frame size approx 37 x 26 inches. From the main edition of...
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1980s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, 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 Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
FILLE FLEUR (SILVER)
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper.. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size 25.75 x 16 inches. Sheet size 29.75 x 19.5 inches. Rare silver version. From the roman numeral edition of 15...
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1980s Op Art Figurative Prints
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Paper, Screen
Do It Yourself
By Gunter Uecker
Located in London, GB
Hammer and two nails on wood board, 1930, signed in pencil, from an unknown edition size, published by Edition VICE-Versand, Remscheid, Germany, overall sizes: 34 x 16.5 x 7.8 cm. (1...
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1930s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Wood
OR-VAR
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the edition of 250. Frame size approx 39 x 30 inches.
Certificate of authenticity included. Artwork in excellent c...
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1980s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
TER-UR
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Sheet size 39 x 30 inches. Image size 24.25 x 24.25 inches. Custom framed as pictured. From the edition of 250.
Additio...
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Late 20th Century Op Art Figurative Prints
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Paper, Screen
USTEOK
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork size 36 x 18 inches. Frame size approx 49 x 30 inches. From the edition of 200.
Certificate of authenticity i...
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1970s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
JALONS VI
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper from Jalons portfolio. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size 25.75 x 24.5 inches. Sheet size 33.25 x 29.75 inches. From the main edition of 250.
Add...
Category
1980s Op Art Figurative Prints
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Paper, Screen
Harlequin Sportif, Op Art Screenprint by Victor Vasarely
Located in Long Island City, NY
Victor Vasarely's style is a unique take on the op art movement. Rather than only gear towards the solely geometric and abstract, he also often ventures into representation. Using co...
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1980s Op Art Figurative Prints
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Screen
Sunspot
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sunspot" c.1980 is an original color aquatint by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed, titled, and numbered 3/30 in pencil by the ...
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Late 20th Century Op Art Figurative Prints
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Aquatint
Victor Vasarely, "Tennis Player", silkscreen
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original silkscreen on paper by Victor Vasarely, created in 1977. Vasarely was a Hungarian-French artist who was widely known as the father and pioneer of the Op Art Movement, wh...
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1970s Op Art Figurative Prints
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Screen
Jimi H
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Portrait en clair-obscure, dont les aplats clairs sont constitués par un texte qui relate le parcourt et la biographie de l’artiste Jimi Hendrix.
Impression directe sur Plexiglass, c...
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2010s Op Art Figurative Prints
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Digital
"Metamorphosis", Op Art Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Metamorphosis
Year: 1974
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 60
Image Size: 24.5 x 18 inches
Size: 26 x 20 i...
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1970s Op Art Figurative Prints
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Screen
Waste Paper
Located in Tallinn, EE
Waste Paper
1991. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 45/75 in pencil. .
Screenprint in colours on wove. 71 x 49 cm.
«When the principles of perspective are reversed and solidified ...
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1990s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Good Morning
Located in Tallinn, EE
Good Morning
Signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'AP' in pencil. 1990.
An artist's proof aside from the numbered edition of 75.
Screenprint in colourson wove. 71 x 49 cm.
«When...
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1990s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
"Multi Colored" Silk screen print on paper
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Victor Vasarely
(1906-1997)
Purple and blue geometric
Silk screen print on paperEdition: 190/250
Signed and numbered in pencil at the lower right and left, respectively: Vasarely
Ima...
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Late 20th Century Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Op Art figurative prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Op Art figurative 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 figurative prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of purple, blue, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Victor Vasarely, Yvaral (Jean-Pierre Vasarely), Yaacov Agam, and Roy Ahlgren. 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 figurative prints, so small editions measuring 6.5 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative 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 $350 and tops out at $8,300, while the average work sells for $1,912.
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