Pop Art Portrait 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
- Started in Britain in the 1950s, flourished in 1960s-era America
- “This is Tomorrow,” at London's Whitechapel Gallery in 1956, was reportedly the first Pop art exhibition
- A reaction to postwar mass consumerism
- Transitioning away from Abstract Expressionism
- Informed by neo-Dada and artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg; influenced postmodernism and Photorealism
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
- Richard Hamilton
- Andy Warhol
- Marta Minujín
- Claes Oldenburg
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- Rosalyn Drexler
- James Rosenquist
- Peter Blake
- Roy Lichtenstein
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.
Style: Pop Art
Color: Brown
Nine Of One - Signed limited edition Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Colour Marilyn
Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe
by the London based contemporary pop art
image creator and artist, BATIK.
Measures 30 x 30" inches / 76 ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sueño de un Boy Scout by Ray Smith surreal nude print in green and yellow
By Ray Smith
Located in New York, NY
Ray Smith elucidates the "Dream of a Boy Scout" in this surreal green, red, and yellow wood cut print. A woman with two faces sits nude within a diamond-shaped gold field of color, reaching up with her hand and out with her leg to touch the corners of the diamond, which each nestle a light fixture.
Sueño de un Boy Scout, 1988-9
Woodcut in black, red and green, on oiled Japon, signed and dated in black ink, numbered 1/30 (there were also 3 artist's proofs)
25 x 39 in.
Per the Broad: "Ray Smith’s paintings incorporate surrealistic and animistic tendencies informed by his Latin heritage as well as deep study of the history of modern art. Smith was born near the Texas/Mexico border...
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1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
M0024-Figurative, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Contemporary, Abstract
Located in London, London
Playing at the mountains, 2019
Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed)
His work h...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alien Workshop x Andy Warhol Foundation Skateboard "Cow" 2011
By Andy Warhol
Located in Draper, UT
Alien Workshop Iconic Collection W/ Andy Warhol
Comes with Original Alien Skateboard sticker and wall mount.
From the Iconic Collection, depicting the...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Wood, Screen
Danish exhibition poster for "Photographs by Jim Dine" (hand signed by Jim Dine)
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
JIM DINE
This is How I Remember Now (Hand Signed), 2008
Offset Lithograph Poster for exhibition of photographs by Jim Dine
32 × 24 inches
Signed boldly in white marker by Jim Dine on the front
Unframed
Published by: Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark
Provenance: Jim Dine personally signed it for the present owner in 2012 at a special poetry reading that the artist gave at the Dia Art Foundation.
Extremely rare when hand signed!
This poster was produced in conjunction with a 2008 German exhibition of Jim Dine's photographs. Jim Dine personally signed it for the present owner in 2012 at a poetry reading that the artist gave at the Dia Art Foundation, so provenance is direct and impeccable. The text on the poster reads "This Is How I Remember Now Portraits", with a portrait of the artist juxtaposed in the background - and is perhaps as a commentary on the elusiveness of memory in life, art and photography. The poster is accompanied by a copy of the flyer publicizing the event where Jim Dine signed...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Offset, Lithograph, Permanent Marker
Robert Whitaker Limited Edition Silkscreen Print
Located in Norwich, GB
A set of four screen prints produced by Bob Whitaker around 2005.
Just 25 sets of Artists Proofs of these bold and dramatic screen prints were produced.
...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Lovers 11-Figurative, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Contemporary, Abstract
Located in London, London
My friend friend
Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed)
His work has been shown...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wrapped Magazines (Revues Empaquetees), Hand Signed postcard of Marilyn Monroe
Located in New York, NY
Christo
Wrapped Magazines (Revues Empaquetees), Hand Signed, 1991
Offset lithograph postcard (hand signed by Christo)
5 4/5 × 4 1/5 inches
Signed in ink by Christo on the image
Unfra...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Offset, Ink, Postcard, Lithograph
Interview Magazine (Diane von Furstenberg) (Signed by Andy Warhol) /// Pop Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Title: "Interview Magazine (Diane von Furstenberg)"
Series: Interview Magazine
*Signed by Warhol in black marker inside, on third page
Year: 1981
Medium: Offset-Lithography; The complete November, 1981, Vol. XI, No. 11 issue of "Interview" magazine
Overall size: 17" x 11" x .25"
Condition: One small tear at right center edge of cover page. In otherwise excellent condition
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Sacaramento, CA; acquired at a rare book fair in Pasadena, CA from notable autograph dealer Christophe Stickel. It is boldly signed on the third page at center right within a Barney's, New York advertisement. This is immediately seen once opening the first cover page. Approx. 90 pages total. We unconditionally guarantee the signature to be authentic.
"Interview" is an American magazine founded in late 1969 by artist Andy Warhol and British journalist John Wilcock. The magazine, nicknamed "The Crystal Ball of Pop", features interviews with celebrities, artists, musicians, and creative thinkers. Interviews were usually unedited or edited in the eccentric fashion of Warhol's books and "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again".
Diane von Fürstenberg (1946-) is a Belgian fashion designer best known for her wrap dress. She initially rose to prominence in 1969 when she married into the princely German House of Fürstenberg, as the wife of Prince Egon von Fürstenberg.
Biography:
Andy Warhol ( born Andrew Warhola; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist. The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives. It is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist.
Warhol's art used many types of media, including hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music. He was also a pioneer in computer-generated art using Amiga computers that were introduced in 1984, two years before his death. He founded Interview magazine and was the author of numerous books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Popism: The Warhol Sixties. He managed and produced The Velvet Underground, a rock band which had a strong influence on the evolution of punk rock music. He is also notable as a gay man who lived openly as such before the gay liberation movement. His studio, The Factory, was a well known gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy patrons.
Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books, and feature and documentary films. He coined the widely used expression "15 minutes of fame". Many of his creations are very collectible and highly valuable. The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is US$105 million for a 1963 canvas titled "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)". A 2009 article in The Economist described Warhol as the "bellwether of the art market". Warhol's works include some of the most expensive paintings...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Magazine Paper, Lithograph, Offset, Permanent Marker
Lovers 10-Figurative, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Contemporary, Abstract
Located in London, London
My friend friend
Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed)
His work has been shown...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Louis Vuitton Da Vinci bag (uniquely hand signed and dated by Jeff Koons)
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
Jeff Koons
Louis Vuitton Da Vinci bag (signed and dated by Jeff Koons), 2017
Limited Edition print with mixed media accessories and embellishmen...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Metal
$ (QUADRANT) FS II.284
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the edition of 5/60 (there were also 10 artist's proofs). Unique screenprint on Lenox Museum Board. Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen, Board
Alien Workshop x Andy Warhol Foundation Skateboard Jacqueline Onassis 2011
By Andy Warhol
Located in Draper, UT
Alien Workshop Iconic Collection W/ Andy Warhol
Featuring portrait of Jackie Kennedy
Comes with Original Alien Skateboard sticker and wall mount.
Thi...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Wood, Screen
Lovers 14-Figurative, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Contemporary, Abstract
Located in London, London
My friend friend
Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed)
His work has been shown...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lovers 14-Figurative, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Contemporary, Abstract
Located in London, London
My friend friend
Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed)
His work has been shown...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lovers 11-Figurative, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Contemporary, Abstract
Located in London, London
My friend friend
Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed)
His work has been shown...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
ENTERING A NEW STATE
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Edition of 100. All reasonable offers will be considered.
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen, Paper
J is for James Dean
By Peter Blake
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colours, on wove paper, signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 95 in pencil, published by Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios, 102.5 x 77cm.
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Greta Garbo, Pop Art Portrait by Rupert Jasen Smith
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953 - 1989)
Title: Greta Garbo
Year: 1988
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP 12/15
Size: 43 x 34 in. (109.22 x 86.3...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
T is for The Beatles, from Alphabet Series
By Peter Blake
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colours, 1991, on wove paper, signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 95 in pencil, published by Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios, 102.5 x 77 cm. (40.4...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
All We Need Is Love II (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL MARCH 25TH ONLY**
THIS PRICE WON'T BE REPEATED AGAIN THIS YEAR - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT**
Celebrating the Beatles by Mauro Oliveira. The colors represent the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Giclée
$ (1) FS II.274-279
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
The portfolio consists of six screenprints. Each hand-signed and numbered. Each print is unique. Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York. Published by Andy Warhol, New York. The artwork is in excellent condition.
The Dollar Sign series from 1982 was the ultimate manifestation of Andy Warhol’s love...
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1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen, Board
All We Need Is Love II (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL FEB 29tH ONLY**
THIS PRICE WON'T BE REPEATED AGAIN THIS YEAR - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT**
Celebrating the Beatles by Mauro Oliveira. The colorful pinstripes re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Giclée
Pop Hill I (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Celebrating former First Lady Hillary Clinton by Mauro Oliveira.
Limited edition of 30 museum quality Giclee prints on CANVAS, signed and numbered by the artist. Print lead time 1 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Giclée
Pop Hill I (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Celebrating former First Lady Hillary Clinton by Mauro Oliveira.
Limited edition of 30 museum quality Giclee prints on PAPER, signed and numbered by the artist. Print lead time 1 w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Giclée
All We Need Is Love IV (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 Beatles by Mauro Oliveira. The color...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Giclée
Queen (red)
By Agent X
Located in Kansas City, MO
Agent X
Title : Queen (red)
Materials : Mixed Media
Date : 2017
Dimensions : 55 x 35 in.
Edition of 20
Agent X, cultural explorer and agent of the unknown, is an emerging artist who...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Mixed Media
WOMAN BRUSHING HER HAIR
By George Segal
Located in Aventura, FL
Original screenprint on paper. From the New York Ten portfolio. In the collection of MOMA. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Edition of 200. Framed.
Additional images availa...
Category
1960s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
A LONG TIME AGO
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. Published by AMX Art Ltd., NY and printed by Joseph Kleineman, NY. A...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen, Paper
NORTHWEST COAST MASK FS II.380
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
From the series Cowboys and Indians. Unique screenprint in colors, 1986, on Lenox Museum Board. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Published by Gaultney, Klineman Art, Inc., Ne...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen, Board
NORTHWEST COAST MASK FS II.380
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
From Cowboys and Indians series. Screenprint in colors, 1986, on Lenox Museum Board. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Printed by Rupert Jason Smith...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen, Board
SAINT APOLLONIA FS II.332
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered on front by the artist. Screenprint on Essex Offset Kid Finish paper. Published by Dr. Frank Braun, Düsseldorf, Germany. From the edition of 250. Framed si...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen, Paper
Red Head, Pop Art Lithograph by Richard Lindner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Lindner
Title: Red Head
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Lithograph in Colors on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in white pencil
Edition: 120
Paper Size: 30 x 22 inches
P...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Blondie, Lithograph by Richard Lindner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Lindner, German/American (1901 - 1978)
Title: Blondie
Year: 1975
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 125
Size: 20 in. x 16.5 in. (50.8 cm x 41....
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Study for Sunset Nude (Variation 5)
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Study for Sunset Nude (Variation 5). Original ink and colored pencil on Tracing Paper, 2002.
Tom Wesselmann is one of the biggest American pop artists today. Even he did not like bei...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil
Cindy (Smile)
By Chuck Close
Located in Tallinn, EE
Cindy (Smile)
Signed Chuck Close, dated 2013 and inscribed T.P. (in the lower margin)
Archival watercolor pigment print on Hahnemühle rag paper
190.5 by ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
Straw Hat Vivien
By Alex Katz
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Alex Katz work consists of a green background with the portrait of a woman with dark hair dressed in white wearing a straw hat. This original silkscreen print on paper is guaranteed authentic and is hand signed by the artist.
Artist: Alex Katz
Title: "Straw Hat Vivien...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Por tu Boca - Through Your Mouth
Located in Rye, NY
From the Artist: This is an eternal poem, although it seems more like an eternal goodbye. These eyes are already dry, I'm not going back, I'm not going back... I'm in the center of t...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Permanent Marker, Acrylic
Pete Rose Trial Proof
By Andy Warhol
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Andy Warhol
Pete Rose Trial Proof
1985
Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in.
Trial Proof Edition of 30
Pencil signed ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (II.334)
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Edition of 40
Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
20th Century Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
"Touristen" from Portfolio "Portrait #13 - Wolfgang Petrick " with Karin Szekes
Located in Kansas City, MO
Wolfgang Petrick
"Touristen"
From Portfolio "Portrait #13 - Wolfgang Petrick " with Karin Szekessy
Year: 1971
Medium: Color Lithograph
Edition: 100
Size: 26.4 x 20.1 in.
Publisher: ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Liberace 1 (Lee to Ms Fronts), 1973
Located in New York, NY
Liberace 1, 1973
screenprint with spray paint on vinyl
20 x 30 inches
Edition 1 of 5
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen, Spray Paint
Pop Art portrait prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Pop Art portrait 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 portrait prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, red, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mauro Oliveira, Andy Warhol, Francisco Nicolás, and Peter Max. Frequently made by artists working with Screen Print, and Digital 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 portrait prints, so small editions measuring 3.2 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait 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 $55 and tops out at $2,500,000, while the average work sells for $1,647.