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
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.
Garrowby Hill Offset Print, Pop Art Style, Late 20th Century, Unframed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hockney returned to his native Yorkshire in the 1990s and was inspired by the countryside he found there. Interpreting it through the lens of early 20th century artists such as Matis...
Offset
David Hockney 'Autumn Trees Near Thixendale' Pop Art, 2008
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Road Across the Wolds reflects David Hockney’s lifelong love of the Yorkshire countryside, featuring sweeping roads and rolling fields rendered in his bold, expressive style. Inc...
Offset
Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie II) (Feldman/Schellmann II.14), Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Title: Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie II) Year: 1966 Medium: Silkscreen in colors on wove paper Size: 24 x 30 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Sig...
Screen
Neuschwanstein
By Andy Warhol
Located in London, GB
Andy Warhol "Neuschwanstein" 1987. Offset lithograph & silkscreen on varick rag. The second edition of Neuschwanstein, jointly published by Edition Schellmann, Maximilian Verlag ...
Offset, Screen
Warhol, Chanel (Green/Blue), Chanel Ad Campaign (after)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Chanel Year: 1997 Medium: Offset lithograph on archival paper mounted on canvas Size: 30 x 21 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed in the plate Notes: This special ...
Canvas, Offset
Warhol, Chanel (Red/Pink), Channel Ad Campaign (after)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Chanel Year: 1997 Medium: Offset lithograph on archival paper mounted on canvas Size: 30 x 21 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed in the plate Notes: This special ...
Canvas, Offset
Warhol, Chanel (Yellow/Blue), Chanel Ad Campaign (after)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Chanel Year: 1997 Medium: Offset lithograph on archival paper mounted on canvas Size: 29 x 22 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed in the plate Notes: This special ...
Canvas, Offset
Sky and Water Offset Print, Framed Pop Art, Roy Lichtenstein, 1980
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sky and Water by Roy Lichtenstein is a vintage blank greeting card, originally printed for the Guggenheim Museum in 1980. The card is framed in a white wood frame with a front profil...
Offset
Geometric Look, Alexandra Nechita
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alexandra Nechita (1985) Title: Geometric Look Year: 1999 Edition: 26/99, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Size: 35.5 x 24 inches Condition: Excellent Inscripti...
Lithograph
Liberty Head VIII, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Liberty Head VIII Year: 2003 Edition: 455/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 3.43 x 2.62 inches Condition: Excellent Ins...
Lithograph
Mao 97 (Feldman/Schellmann II.97), Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Title: Mao 97 Year: 1972 Medium: Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum Board Size: 36 x 36 inches Condition: Good Inscription: signed in ball-point pen...
Screen
Max, America 2000, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: America 2000 Year: 1999 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 24 x 36 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, as issued...
Offset
Max, World Cup '94, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: World Cup '94 Year: 1994 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 36 x 24 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, as issue...
Offset
Katonah Muse, James Rosenquist
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: James Rosenquist (1933-2017) Title: Katonah Muse Year: 1993 Medium: Lithograph in colors on wove paper Edition: A.P. 6/20; 100 Size: 27.75 x 21.25 inches Inscription: Signed ...
Lithograph
Warhol, Chanel suite (four artworks), Chanel Ad Campaign (after)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Chanel suite (four artworks) Year: 1997 Medium: Offset lithograph on archival paper mounted on canvas Size: 29 x 22 inches, each Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed in th...
Canvas, Offset
Historic rare Ed Ruscha Leo Castelli Gallery exhibition offset lithograph poster
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Edward Ruscha: New Paintings, Leo Castelli Gallery, 1980 Offset lithograph poster 22.5 x 18 inches Unframed Published by Leo Castelli Gallery Good vintage condition with some handli...
Lithograph, Offset
Star Catcher, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Star Catcher Year: 2003 Edition: 453/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 3.5 x 3 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription:...
Lithograph
United We Stand, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: United We Stand Year: 2002 Edition: 107/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 12.5 x 9 inches Condition: Excellent Inscript...
Lithograph
Flamingos, Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Flamingos Year: 1981 Edition: 178/200, plus proofs. Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Size: 33.5 x 41 inches Condition: Good Inscription: S...
Screen
Profile Series IV, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Profile Series IV Year: 1998 Edition: 300/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 9 x 7.5 inches Condition: Excellent Inscr...
Lithograph
Two Cosmic Sages Ver. II, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Two Cosmic Sages Ver. II Year: 2001 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on archival paper Size: 9 x 11 inches Condition: Excellent Inscri...
Lithograph
Red Grooms Grand Central Terminal (signed and inscribed to famed estate atty)
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Red Grooms Grand Central Terminal (signed and inscribed to renowned attorney), 1993 Offset lithograph poster (signed and inscribed in marker to Herbert Nass) Signed, inscribed to Her...
Lithograph, Offset
76 Jumper, Psychedelic Art Screenprint by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) - '76 Jumper, Year: 1975, Medium: Screenprint, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: 75, Size: 26 in. x 36.5 in. (66.04 cm x 92.71 cm)
Screen
This Must Be the Place (C. III.20), Pop Art Lithograph by Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein, American (1923 - 1997) Title: This Must Be the Place (C. III.20) Year: 1965 Medium: Offset Lithograph, signed in the plate and in pencil l.r. Edition of unk...
Offset
Star Catcher on Blue, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Star Catcher on Blue Year: 2002 Edition: 487/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 4.87 x 4.5 inches Condition: Excellent I...
Lithograph
Flowers (Black and White) II (Feldman/Schellmann II.101), Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Title: Flowers (Black and White) II (Feldman/Schellmann II.101) Year: 1974 Medium: Silkscreen on velin de Arches paper Size: 40.875 x 27.25 inches Con...
Screen
Lucky Strike (Littmann P. 78), Keith Haring
By Keith Haring
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Keith Haring (1958-1990) (after) Title: Lucky Strike (Littmann P. 78) Year: 1987 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches cotton rag paper Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 70/80, a...
Screen
From Maui with Love, Pop Art Screenprint by Charles Fazzino
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Fazzino, American (1955 - ) - From Maui with Love, Year: 1997, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 294/350, Size: 12.75 x 27.75 in. (32.39 x 70.4...
Screen
The Umbrellas, Japan - USA Offset lithograph poster (Hand Signed by Christo)
Located in New York, NY
Christo and Jeanne-Claude The Umbrellas, Japan - USA (Hand Signed), 1991 Offset lithograph poster Boldly signed by Christo upper right 25 × 38 inches Unframed This rare vintage poster was published by Christo and Jeanne-Claude to promote and raise funds for Christo's famous Umbrellas Japan-USA project in the early 1990s. It is hand signed boldly in black marker "Christo" on the recto - upper right corner. This work was acquired from the Estate of Jacob and Aviva Baal-Teshuva, collectors, curators, authors, early supporters and good friends of Christo. Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed. ABOUT THE UMBRELLAS JAPAN-USA PROJECT: At sunrise, on October 9, 1991, Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 1,880 workers began to open the 3,100 umbrellas in Ibaraki and California, in the presence of the artists at both sites. This Japan-USA temporary work of art reflected the similarities and differences in the ways of life and the use of the land in two inland valleys, one 12 miles (19 kilometers) long in Japan, and the other 18 miles (29 kilometers) long in the USA. In Japan, the valley is located north of Hitachiota and south of Satomi, 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of Tokyo, around Route 349 and the Sato River, in the Prefecture of Ibaraki, on the properties of 459 private landowners and governmental agencies. In the USA, the valley is located 60 miles (96.5 kilometers) north of Los Angeles, along Interstate 5...
Lithograph, Offset
The Bread & Roses Strike, Pop Art Offset Lithograph by Ralph Fasanella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ralph Fasanella, American (1914 - 1997) - The Bread & Roses Strike, Year: 1977, Medium: Offset Lithograph, signed in pen and numbered in pencil, Edition: 50/100, Image Size: ...
Offset
Galaxy Lady, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Galaxy Lady Year: 1972 Edition: T.P.; 300, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Size: 16 x 18.5 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed by ...
Screen
Warhol, Chanel (Blue), Chanel Ad Campaign (after)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Chanel Year: 1997 Medium: Offset lithograph on archival paper mounted on canvas Size: 29 x 22 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed in the plate Notes: This special ...
Canvas, Offset
Red Poppies, Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Donald Sultan (1951) Title: Red Poppies Year: 2012 Medium: Silkscreen with Tar & Flocking on Museum Board Edition: 10/75, plus proofs Size: 23 x 39 inches Condition: Excellen...
Tar, Screen
Liberty Head X, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Liberty Head X Year: 2004 Edition: 679/700, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 7 x 6.87 inches Condition: Excellent Inscripti...
Lithograph
Winged Flyer In Space, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Winged Flyer In Space Year: 2002 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on archival paper Size: 4.875 x 4.5 inches Condition: Excellent Insc...
Lithograph
Sailboat IV, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Sailboat IV Year: 2000 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 2.75 x 3.125 inches Condition: Excellent Inscript...
Lithograph
Liberty Head III, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Liberty Head III Year: 2001 Edition: 485/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 3.5 x 3 inches Condition: Excellent Inscript...
Lithograph
Death Paradise (Street Art, Satire, Pop Surrealism, Skeleton, Palm Angels)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jan-Frederic Frey Death Paradise (Street Art, Satire, Pop Surrealism, Skeleton, Palm Angels) Giclée / Iris Print on Hahnemuehle Velvet 2020 Size: 23.25 x 23.25 inches (59 cm x 59 cm)...
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée
Lunar Landscape Abstract Signed Numbered Screenprint Yellow
Located in Surfside, FL
Handsigned edition of 250. Gittleman’s Lunar Transformation is a series of ten vividly colored serigraphs created from black and white photographs taken during the Apollo 15 mission ...
Screen
Two Sages, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Two Sages Year: 2000 Edition: 307/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 7.25 x 8.25 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription...
Lithograph
Sunset FS II.85-88 Screen Print on Paper, Pop Art, Signed, 1972
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique screen print on paper. Hand signed and numbered on verso. Published by David Whitney, New York, with the ‘HOTEL MARQUETTE PRINTS’ ink stamp on the reverse. Feldman & Schel...
Board, Screen
Max, God Bless America, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: God Bless America Year: 2001 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 24 x 18 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, as i...
Offset
Max, Statue of Liberty V, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Statue of Liberty V Year: 1981 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 24.5 x 12.5 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered...
Offset
Max, New Moon, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: New Moon Year: 1999 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 24 x 36 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, as issued Not...
Offset
Smile, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Smile Year: 2002 Edition: 452/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 4.87 x 4.5 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Sig...
Lithograph
Paradise Offset Print, Framed Pop Art, Circa 1990, 11.25x15.5 in
Located in Brooklyn, NY
John Baldessari's Paradise is a thought-provoking piece that plays with the concept of utopia and the viewer’s expectations of imagery. Known for his witty and conceptual approach, B...
Offset
Wrapped Coast - Little Bay, Australia, 1968-9 (Signed Christo and Jeanne-Claude)
Located in New York, NY
Wrapped Coast - Little Bay, Australia, 1968-9 (Signed Christo and Jeanne-Claude) Wrapped Coast - Little Bay, Australia, 1968-9 (Hand Signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude) , 2016 Photo...
Photographic Paper, Lithograph
Max, Cosmic Flyer, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Cosmic Flyer Year: 2000 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 24 x 36 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, as issued...
Offset
Mao 90 (Feldman/Schellmann II.90), Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Title: Mao 90 Year: 1972 Medium: Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum Board Size: 36 x 36 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: signed in ball-poin...
Screen
Max, Without Borders, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Without Borders Year: 2000 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 36 x 24 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, as iss...
Offset
Troulos Bay, Mykonos - Pop Art Screenprint by Thomas McKnight
Located in Long Island City, NY
Troulos Bay, Mykonos Thomas McKnight, American (1941) Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 162/200 Image Size: 18 x 35.5 inches Frame Size: 35 x 53 inches
Screen
Christo - The Wrapped Reichstag at Night, offset lithograph poster, plate signed
Located in New York, NY
Christo The Wrapped Reichstag at Night, 1993 Offset Lithograph Plate signed (printed signature) by Christo on lower right front 40 × 25 1/2 inches Unframed and affixed to matting (a...
Lithograph, Offset
House In the Clouds 1971 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
By Peter Max
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Peter Max House in the Clouds Year: 1971 Medium Type: Silkscreen, on Arches Paper Size-Width Size-Height: 22” x 30” Signed Edition Size: signed in pencil and numbered...
Screen
Max, 4 Liberty Heads, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: 4 Liberty Heads Year: 2005 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 15 x 19 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, as iss...
Offset
Cosmic Jumper, Detail II, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Cosmic Jumper, Detail II Year: 2001 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 9 x 11 inches Condition: Excellent I...
Lithograph
Sting Like a Bee, Pop Art Screenprint by Muhammad Ali aka the G.O.A.T.
By Muhammad Ali
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original hand-signed print by the Greatest Of All Time, Muhammad Ali. Sting Like a Bee Muhammad Ali, American (1942–2016) Date: 1979 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil ...
Screen
"Waco" Serigraph by Billy Schenck, 1981
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bill Schenck Waco Serigraph 7/58 1981 Hand signed, date and numbered by Schenck in pencil. 25.75 inches H. x 25 inches W. 'Waco' is classic early example...
Screen
Sailboat with Sun & Moon, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Sailboat with Sun & Moon Year: 2003 Edition: 455/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 3.5 x 3 inches Condition: Excell...
Lithograph
Year 2250 II, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Year 2250 II Year: 2003 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on archival paper Size: 15.43 x 13.5 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription:...
Lithograph
Protect our Children I, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Protect our Children I Year: 2002 Edition: 451/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 5 x 6.25 inches Condition: Excellent I...
Lithograph