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Pop Art Figurative Prints

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
Rainbow Diamonds (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Celebrating the one and only Elizabeth Taylor by Mauro Oliveira. Limited edition of 30 museum quality Giclee prints on PAPER, signed and numbered by the artist. Print lead time 1 we...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Giclée

James Rosenquist Vintage Poster: Galleria del Milione 1972 full moon landscape
Located in New York, NY
Silhouetted by the night sky, a brimmed hat perches on its stand, hovering above red-speckled ground like an aircraft. The moon shines bright white, and subtle clouds gather at the h...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Introduced in 2006 Time Bokan Green. Limited Edition (print) by Murakami signed
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Introduced in 2006 "Time Bokan - green" 2006 by Takashi Murakami Offset print, numbered and signed by the artist 19 11/16 × 19 11/16 in 50 × 50 cm (image and sheet) Framed dimensions...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Belly Dancer II (Edition 135/150)
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Bob Pardo Title: Belly Dancer II Year: circa 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 131/150 Size: 22 x 29.5 inches [55.88 x...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Yesterday's Here, Surrealist Screenprint by Mark Kostabi
Located in Long Island City, NY
A couple stands embracing before an airplane taking off from an airport by Mark Kostabi. A print the captures the feelings of love and beauty. Date: 2001 Screenprint, signed, number...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Still Life with Hans Maler Pop Art Serigraph Hand Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
On deckle edged watermarked Arches French paper. hand signed in pencil, dated and numbered. the edition size is 175. there are three states of the same image image each with increasing detail and color. This is just for the one in the photo. Josef Alan Levi (1938) is an American artist whose works range over a number of different styles, but which are unified by certain themes consistently present among them. Josef Levi began his artistic career in the 1960s and early '70s, producing highly abstract and very modernist pieces: these employing exotic materials such as light fixtures and metallic parts. By 1975, Levy had transitioned to painting and drawing still lifes. At first these were, traditionally, of mundane subjects. Later, he would depict images from art history, including figures originally created by the Old Masters. Around 1980, he made another important shift, this time toward creating highly precise, though subtly altered reproductions of pairs of female faces which were originally produced by other artists. It is perhaps this work for which he is most well known. Since around 2000, Josef Levi has changed the style of his work yet again: now he works entirely with computers, using digital techniques to abstract greatly from art history, and also from other sources. Levi's works of art in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NYC, the National Gallery of Art, and the Albright-Knox Museum, among many others. Levi's art has been featured on the cover of Harper's Magazine twice, once in June 1987, and once in May 1997. Josef Levi received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 from the University of Connecticut, where he majored in fine arts and minored in literature. From 1959 to 1960, he served to a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, and from 1960 through 1967 he was in the U.S. Army Reserves. In 1966, he received the Purchase Award from the University of Illinois in 1966, and he was featured in New Talent U.S.A. by Art in America. He was an artist in residence at Appalachian State University in 1969, taught at Farleigh Dickenson University in 1971 and was a visiting professor of art at Pennsylvania State University in 1977. From 1975 to 2007, Levi resided in New York City. He now lives in an apartment in Rome, where he is able to paint with natural light as he was unable in New York. From 1959 to 1960, Josef took some courses of Howard McParlin Davis and Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University which initiated him into the techniques of reproducing the works of the Old Masters. His first works, created in the 1960s, were wood and stone sculptures of women. His first mature works were abstract pieces, constructed of electric lights and steel. In 1970, Levi's materials included fluorescent light bulbs, Rust-Oleum and perforated metal in addition to paint and canvas. By 1980, Josef Levi's art had transformed into a very specific form: a combination of reproductions of female faces which were originally depicted by other artists. The faces which he reproduces may be derived from either portraits or from small portions of much larger works; they are taken from paintings of the Old Masters, Japanese ukiyo-e, and 20th-century art. Artists from whom he has borrowed include: Vermeer, Rembrandt, Piero della Francesca, Botero, Matisse, Utamaro, Correggio, Da Vinci, Picasso, Chuck Close, Max Beckmann, Pisanello, Lichtenstein. The creation of these works is informed by Levi's knowledge and study of art history. Josef Levi's paintings from this period are drawn, then painted on fine linen canvas on wooden stretchers. The canvas is coated with twenty-five layers of gesso in order to produce a smooth surface on which to work. The drawing phase takes at least one month. Levi seals the drawing with acrylic varnish, and then he may apply layers of transparent acrylic in order to approximate the look of old paintings. After the last paint is applied, another layer of acrylic varnish is sprayed on to protect the work. Most of the figures in his contemporary pieces are not paired with any others. SELECTED COLLECTIONS MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, NY ALBRIGHT- KNOX GALLERY, BUFFALO, NY ALDRICH MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, RIDGEFIELD, CT NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, DC BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, BROOKLYN, NY SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, WASHINGTON, DC CORCORAN GALLERY, WASHINGTON, DC UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME ART...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Flowerball Brown. Limited Edition (print) by Murakami signed and numbered.
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Flowerball Brown (2007) by Takashi Murakami Offset print on woven paper. Published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo 28 in diameter 71 cm diameter Edition 214/300 Takashi Murakami is best known for his contemporary combination of fine art and pop culture. He uses recognizable iconography like Doraemon and cartoonish flowers and infuses it with Japanese culture. The result is a colorful body of work that takes the shape of paintings, sculptures and animations. In the 1990s, Murakami founded the Superflat movement in an attempt to expose the "shallow emptiness of Japanese consumeristic culture." The artist plays on the familiar aesthetic of mangas, Japanese-language comics, to render works that appear popular and accessible, all the while denouncing the universality and impersonality of consumer goods. Murakami has done collaborations with numerous brands and celebrities including Kanye West, Louis Vuitton...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Original Pink Panther Supporting Characters, Production Cel/Drawing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: MGM Studios Title: Pink Panther, Supporting Characters Year: 1993-1995 Medium: Original, hand-painted production animation cel with laser color background, plus pencil drawin...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Ink, Acrylic

Red Carpet Oscar (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 Of It* Celebrating the Academy with this Limited Oscar Art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Red Time (2011). Limited Edition (print) by Murakami, signed and numbered
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Red Time, 2011 by Takashi Murakami Offset print, numbered and signed by the artist 19 11/16 × 19 11/16 in 50 × 50 cm Edition 44/300 About the Artist: Takashi Murakami is best know...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Classic Love
Located in Miami, FL
ROBERT INDIANA Classic Love, 2006 Colorful wool rug on a frame 31 x 31 in Ed 5103 of 10,000
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Wool

Large American Pop Art Abstract Aquatint Etching James Rosenquist Just Desert
Located in Surfside, FL
James Rosenquist (1933-2017) Just Desert (2nd State) (1979, 1979 Etching and aquatint on Pescia Italia paper Printed by Aripeka, Ltd., Aripeka. Published by Multiples, Inc., New York...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Nir Hadar, baseball
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Hadar takes euphoric moments and try to generate a three dimensional feeling with every image inviting the viewer to jump into the game and to be part of it. There's a hidden message...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

SPOKES AND SPOKES: 2 STATE
Located in Aventura, FL
Spokes (1977) and Spokes: 2 State (1978). Each hand signed, dated, numbered and titled by the artist. Both prints have matching editions. Etching and aquatint on Pescia Italia paper....
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Learning Through Art, Limited Edition Poster by Keith Haring
Located in Long Island City, NY
Color lithograph fundraising poster for Learning Through Art/ The Guggenheim Museum Children's Program. Numbered out of 350 and dated in pencil. Blindstamped in bottom right corner. ...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Superman, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - ) Title: Superman Year: 2006 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 199 Image Size: 37 x 27 inches Size: 45.5 x 33.5 in. (115....
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

STUDIO 54 COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS FS IIIA.16A
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint in black on wove paper, hand signed and inscribed 'to Camilla and Earl' by the artist. From the edition of 20. Sheet size 25.25 x 19.25 inches. Custom framed as pictu...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen, Paper

Tate Gallery (Marilyn)
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this offset color lithograph poster on heavy white wove paper.
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Color, Offset

Time to go (red) - Digital Painting Pop Art Print
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Pop Art Digital Figurative Painting Print A woman on her journey: With a few strong lines that become finer in places and reveal details, the exterior is depicted to reflect the inn...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Digital, Plexiglass, Digital Pigment

Tropical Flowers, Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Tropical Flowers Year: 1979 Edition: A.P./45, plus proofs Medium: Silkcreen on Arches paper Size: 23 x 30 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Sig...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

JEAN COCTEAU FS II.329A
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the edition of 250. Screenprint in colors on paper. Commissioned to commemorate the opening of The Severin Wunderman Foundation in Ir...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen, Paper

TAKASHI MURAKAMI: OBLITERATE.. Limited Ed. Superflat Pop Art Japanese DOB Skulls
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Takashi Murakami - Obliterate the Self and Even a Fire is Cool Date of creation: 2013 Medium: Offset lithograph with silver on paper Edition: 300 Size: 50 x 50 cm Observations: Offse...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Varnish, Lithograph, Offset

Throat, from 11 Pop Artist's Volume II (hand singed screen print)
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on hand made wove paper. Hand signed on horizontal black bar by Jim Dine. Hand numbered 78/200 lower left. From 11 Pop Artist's Volume II (Mikro 36). Publi...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

Kunsthalle Bern (Hopeless) Poster /// Pop Art Roy Lichtenstein Screenprint Huge
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) Title: "Kunsthalle Bern (Hopeless)" Year: 1968 Medium: Original Screenprint, Exhibition Poster o...
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1960s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

1970s Alexander Calder poster (Calder Braniff Airlines 1976)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Braniff Airlines poster 1976: Medium: Offset lithograph. Dimensions: 23 x 33 inches. Signed in plate An original 1st printing in very good overall vintage conditio...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Untitled 1984
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Haring's background in street art and graffiti also influenced this practice. His spontaneous creations in public spaces were often produced quickly and without formal titles, emphas...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Jacob’s Vision, Guillaume Azoulay
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Guillaume Azoulay (1949) Title: Jacob’s Vision Year: 2003 Edition: 44/50, plus proofs Medium: Pigment print on wove paper Size: 23 x 18 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Si...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

Symbolic Self-Portrait with Equals
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color offset lithograph on white, thick, smooth Louvain Supreme Vellum Bristol 150-pound paper. Signed and numbered 190/300 in pencil. Printed by Color...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Vellum, Color, Lithograph, Offset

Historic early 60s poster from the Chinese Mi Chou Gallery introducing Pop Art
Located in New York, NY
Roy Lichtenstein Historic early 60s gallery poster, 1962 Offset Lithograph 21 4/5 × 17 inches Unframed This is a highly collectible, historic 1962 exhibition invitation by the Mi Cho...
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1960s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Milton Glaser Bach poster (Milton Glaser posters)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Milton Glaser: Vintage original 1980s Milton Glaser poster designed by Glaser on the occasion of the release of Bach's complete keyboard works on digital recording. A timeless, highly decorative vintage Milton Glaser poster that is sure to stand out in any setting. Offset lithograph poster in colors. 36 x 24 inches. Very good overall vintage condition with the exception of perhaps some minor signs of handling. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Literature: Milton Glaser Posters, Glaser. Legendary graphic designer, illustrator, and art director Milton Glaser created some of the most recognizable iconography in America today —including the iconic I ♥ N Y logo —and countless posters and ad campaigns. Glaser changed the face of commercial art in the 1960s and ’70s, breaking with the conventions of modernism and drawing inspiration from a wide variety of art-historical and pop-cultural sources, from Art Nouveau to comic illustration and Chinese drawings. As a co-founder of New York magazine, Glaser designed...
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1960s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Ed Ruscha, Various Small Fires and Milk - Pop Art, Conceptual Art, Artist's Book
Located in Hamburg, DE
Ed Ruscha (American, b.1937) Various Small Fires and Milk, 1964/1970 Medium: Artist’s book (48 pages), glassine dust jacket Dimensions: 17.8 x 14.2 cm Second edition (1970): 3000 unn...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Paper

David Shrigley, I’ve Heard About Freedom + Do Not Eat Him - Set of 2 Prints
Located in Hamburg, DE
David Shrigley (British, 1968) I’ve Heard About Freedom + Do Not Eat Him, 2022 Medium: Set of two digital prints on paper Dimensions: 70 x 50 cm (27 3/5 × 19 7/10 in) Edition of 250:...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Digital

Violin Scrolls, Etching by Arman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arman, French (1929 - 2005) Title: Violin Scrolls Year: circa 1980 Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 41/99 Image Size: 17.5 x 11.25 inches Size: 29.75 x...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Etching

Make Money
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lothar Gunther Buchheim (* 1918 † 2007) Title: Make Money Color lithograph Year: 1968 Signed by hand Size: 24.0 × 16.8 inches Lothar-Günther Buchheim ...
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1960s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Painting in Gold Frame
Located in Aventura, FL
From the Paintings series. Woodcut, Lithograph, screen print and collage on Arches 88 paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by Roy Lichtenst...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Screen, Woodcut, Paper

Keith Haring Resist in Concert! poster 1988 (Keith Haring Activist)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Resist in Concert! 1988: Vintage Keith Haring illustrated 1988 poster for a Refuse and Resist produced concert December 4, 1988 at New York'...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Nir Hadar, Fish and Chips, Print on wood or plexiglass
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Hadar takes euphoric moments and try to generate a three dimensional feeling with every image inviting the viewer to jump into the game and to be part of it. There's a hidden message...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Woodcut, Plexiglass

Takashi Murakami, Flowers of Gratitude - Signed Print, Contemporary Pop Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Takashi Murakami (Japanese, b. 1962) Flowers of Gratitude, 2022 Medium: Offset print, cold stamp and high gloss varnishing Dimensions: 71 cm diameter (28 in) Edition of 300: Hand-sig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

POPO
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lothar Gunther Buchheim (* 1918 † 2007) Title: POPO Color lithograph Year: 1968 Size: 24.0 × 16.8 inches Lothar-Günther Buchheim (February 6, 1918 – Fe...
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1960s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

MOONWALK 1970 Color Silkscreen Screenprint Acrylic Plexiglass Mod Space Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Space Race Silkscreen on Acrylic hand signed and dated 1970, MOON WALK, color screenprint on Plexiglas depicting the moon landing, from the numbered edition of 150, size 30 x 30” L...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Plexiglass, Screen

Rock N' Roll Guitar II, Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Rock N' Roll Guitar II Year: 2003 Edition: 452/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 4.12 x 2.43 inches Condition: Excellen...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Original Pink Panther Supporting Characters, Production Cel/Drawing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: MGM Studios Title: Pink Panther, Supporting Characters Year: 1993-1995 Medium: Original, hand-painted production animation cel with laser color background, plus pencil drawin...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Ink, Acrylic

Hav-a-Havana Mel Ramos at Kantor Gallery, limited ed. Hand Signed by Mel Ramos
Located in New York, NY
Mel Ramos at Kantor Gallery (Hand Signed), 1997 Limited Edition Offset Lithograph (hand signed by Mel Ramos) Pencil signed and dated on lower front Frame Included: framed in dark woo...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Wall to Wall Signed twice with inscription & drawing 1 of 2 Trial Proofs, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Signed, Dated, Numbered, Titled and Uniquely Inscribed front and back in pencil, with two original artist's drawings "WALL TO WALL" FROM WALL: TWO STONE SUITE IV, WITH TWO ORIGINAL I...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Ink, Lithograph, Pencil

SPOKES
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated, numbered and titled by the artist. Etching and aquatint on Pescia Italia paper. Edition of 78. Published by Multiples, Inc. Sheet size 23 x 40 inches. Frame si...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

LADIES & GENTLEMEN FS II.137
Located in Aventura, FL
From the Ladies and Gentlemen Portfolio. Screenprint in colors on arches paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist on verso. From the edition of 125. Published by Luciano Ans...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

Still Life with German Master Pop Art Serigraph Hand Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
On deckle edged watermarked Arches French paper with publishers embossed blindstamp. hand signed in pencil, dated and numbered. the edition size is 175. there are three states of the same image image each with increasing detail and color. This auction is just for the one shown in the photos. Josef Alan Levi (1938) is an American artist whose works range over a number of different styles, but which are unified by certain themes consistently present among them. Josef Levi began his artistic career in the 1960s and early '70s, producing highly abstract and very modernist pieces: these employing exotic materials such as light fixtures and metallic parts. By 1975, Levy had transitioned to painting and drawing still lifes. At first these were, traditionally, of mundane subjects. Later, he would depict images from art history, including figures originally created by the Old Masters. Around 1980, he made another important shift, this time toward creating highly precise, though subtly altered reproductions of pairs of female faces which were originally produced by other artists. It is perhaps this work for which he is most well known. Since around 2000, Josef Levi has changed the style of his work yet again: now he works entirely with computers, using digital techniques to abstract greatly from art history, and also from other sources. Levi's works of art in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NYC, the National Gallery of Art, and the Albright-Knox Museum, among many others. Levi's art has been featured on the cover of Harper's Magazine twice, once in June 1987, and once in May 1997. Josef Levi received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 from the University of Connecticut, where he majored in fine arts and minored in literature. From 1959 to 1960, he served to a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, and from 1960 through 1967 he was in the U.S. Army Reserves. In 1966, he received the Purchase Award from the University of Illinois in 1966, and he was featured in New Talent U.S.A. by Art in America. He was an artist in residence at Appalachian State University in 1969, taught at Farleigh Dickenson University in 1971 and was a visiting professor of art at Pennsylvania State University in 1977. From 1975 to 2007, Levi resided in New York City. He now lives in an apartment in Rome, where he is able to paint with natural light as he was unable in New York. From 1959 to 1960, Josef took some courses of Howard McParlin Davis and Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University which initiated him into the techniques of reproducing the works of the Old Masters. His first works, created in the 1960s, were wood and stone sculptures of women. His first mature works were abstract pieces, constructed of electric lights and steel. In 1970, Levi's materials included fluorescent light bulbs, Rust-Oleum and perforated metal in addition to paint and canvas. By 1980, Josef Levi's art had transformed into a very specific form: a combination of reproductions of female faces which were originally depicted by other artists. The faces which he reproduces may be derived from either portraits or from small portions of much larger works; they are taken from paintings of the Old Masters, Japanese ukiyo-e, and 20th-century art. Artists from whom he has borrowed include: Vermeer, Rembrandt, Piero della Francesca, Botero, Matisse, Utamaro, Correggio, Da Vinci, Picasso, Chuck Close, Max Beckmann, Pisanello, Lichtenstein. The creation of these works is informed by Levi's knowledge and study of art history. Josef Levi's paintings from this period are drawn, then painted on fine linen canvas on wooden stretchers. The canvas is coated with twenty-five layers of gesso in order to produce a smooth surface on which to work. The drawing phase takes at least one month. Levi seals the drawing with acrylic varnish, and then he may apply layers of transparent acrylic in order to approximate the look of old paintings. After the last paint is applied, another layer of acrylic varnish is sprayed on to protect the work. Most of the figures in his contemporary pieces are not paired with any others. SELECTED COLLECTIONS MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, NY ALBRIGHT- KNOX GALLERY, BUFFALO, NY ALDRICH MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, RIDGEFIELD, CT NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, DC BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, BROOKLYN, NY SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, WASHINGTON, DC CORCORAN GALLERY, WASHINGTON, DC UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME ART...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Odyssetron I (From the suite of 5 lithographs)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Odyssetron I" 1982 is an original color lithograph by American PopArt artist Bryan Rogers, 1941-2013. It is hand signed and numbered 1/50 in pencil by the artist. With the blind stamp of the publisher, Western Wedge, Oakland California at the lower left corner. The sheet size is 18 x 24 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. An example of this particular artwork is in the permanent collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in San Francisco...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

FAILE -DIAMOND FAILEDOODLE (RED/TAN). Mixed Media Pop Art Urban Glitter Graffiti
Located in Madrid, Madrid
FAILE - DIAMOND FAILEDOODLE (RED/TAN) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Acrylic, spray paint, silkscreen ink and glitter on Archival Lenox 100 Edition number: 11/25 Size: 63.50 x 48.25 ...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Glitter, Ink, Acrylic, Screen

Kate II - Oversize limited edition - Kate Moss
Located in London, GB
Kate II - Oversize limited edition - Kate Moss Beautiful archival pigment print of the supermodel and fashion icon by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Jellyfish Eyes - Black 5. Limited Edition (print) by Takashi Murakami signed
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Jellyfish Eyes - Black 5 by Takashi Murakami Offset print, numbered and signed by the artist 19 ¹¹/₁₆ × 19 ¹¹/₁₆ in 50 × 50 cm Edition 33/300 Takashi Murakami is best known for his...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

"Spud" Acrylic and Collage on Korean newsprint
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Gary John has been a street artist since 1985, originally from Seattle Washington, then moving to Venice Beach selling his art on the boardwalk for 10 years before exploding onto the...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Newsprint, Acrylic

Rose Velvet. Limited Edition (print) by Takashi Murakami signed, numbered
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Rose Velvet, 2016 by Takashi Murakami Offset print, numbered and signed by the artist 23 5/8 × 23 5/8 in 60 × 60 cm Edition 57/300 Takashi Murakami is best known for his contempora...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Flowering Angel, Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Flowering Angel Year: 1973 Edition: 19/100, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Size: 30 x 23 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed an...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

"Batman" Acrylic and Collage on Korean newsprint
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Gary John has been a street artist since 1985, originally from Seattle Washington, then moving to Venice Beach selling his art on the boardwalk for 10 years before exploding onto the...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Newsprint, Acrylic

Dame del Ritmo (Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot) Screenprint by Mimmo Rotella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mimmo Rotella Title: Dame del Ritmo (Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot) Year: 2004 Medium: Serigraph with Collage, signed in pencil l.r. Edition: PA Size: 38 x 28 inches / 1...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

"Taco" Acrylic and Collage on Korean newsprint
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Gary John has been a street artist since 1985, originally from Seattle Washington, then moving to Venice Beach selling his art on the boardwalk for 10 years before exploding onto the...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Newsprint, Acrylic

Horse by the Sea - Vintage Offset by Claudio Cintoli - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Horse by the Sea is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in 1974 by Claudio Cintoli, with the pseudonym of Marcanciel Stupro. Vintage offset. Plate-signed on the center. Numbe...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Pop Art figurative prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Pop 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 blue, orange, red, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Peter Max, Robert Indiana, Francisco Nicolás, and Takashi Murakami. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Screen Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Pop Art figurative prints, so small editions measuring 1.5 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 $77 and tops out at $2,500,000, while the average work sells for $1,501.

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