Op Art Prints and Multiples
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
Koskota
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Victor Vasarely
Koskota
1976
Silkscreen
24 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.
28/250
Pencil signed and numbered
Condition: This work is in excellent condition. It has never be...
Category
1970s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color
Aerial, from Twelve Progressions
Located in Miami, FL
Julian Stanczak
Aerial, from Twelve Progressions
1971
Screenprint
26 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.
EA #3
Pencil signed and numbered
Julian Stanczak (Polish, November 5, 1928 – March 25, 2017) was a Polish-born American painter and printmaker who is considered a central figure of the Op art movement in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s. Described as an artist whose work "evinced a tremendous geometric inventiveness", Stanczak is primarily known for his large-scale polychromatic abstract compositions made using acrylic paint on canvas in which he explored the perceptual dimensions of color.[3]
Born in 1928 in Borownica, Poland, Stanczak survived a Siberian labor camp during World War II where he lost the use of his right arm. He retrained himself to paint left-handed and emigrated to the United States in 1950, where he eventually became a citizen. In 1956, Stanczak received an M.F.A. from Yale University, where he studied with Josef Albers and Conrad Marca-Relli, and was roommates with fellow abstract painter Richard Anuszkiewicz. The term "Op art", since used to describe a short-lived movement of 1960s and 1970s, originated from Stanczak's work when the Minimalist artist and sculptor Donald Judd used it in his critical review of the 1964 exhibition titled Julian Stanczak: Optical Paintings at Martha Jackson Gallery in New York. Stanczak achieved broader commercial recognition after being featured in the landmark 1965 exhibition The Responsive Eye created by curator William C. Seitz at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
As the popularity of Op art diminished in the late 1970s, Stanczak remained active as a painter and continued to exhibit his work, but became progressively separated from mainstream contemporary art in the U.S. In addition to being a practicing artist, Stanczak served as a faculty member at the Art Academy of Cincinnati from 1957 to 1964 and, later, as Professor of Painting at the Cleveland Institute of Art from 1964 to 1995. In 2013, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio. Stanczak lived and worked in Seven Hills, Ohio with his wife, the sculptor Barbara...
Category
1970s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Zaphir
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Victor Vasarely
Zaphir
c.1970
Screenprint on wove paper
13 x 10 in.
Edition of 50
Pencil signed & numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine A...
Category
1970s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Centered Rings, from Twelve Progressions
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Julian Stanczak
Centered Rings, from Twelve Progressions
1971
Screenprint
26 1/8 x 31 3/4 in.
Edition of 90
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA b...
Category
1970s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Boxed, from Twelve Progressions
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Julian Stanczak
Boxed, from Twelve Progressions
1971
Screenprint
26 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.
Edition of 90
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg S...
Category
1970s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Sunset from Eight Variants
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Julian Stanczak
Sunset from Eight Variants
1970
Silkscreen
28 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.
Edition of 165
Pencil Signed and Numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienb...
Category
1970s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Let It Be Orange
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Julian Stanczak
Let It Be Orange
1981
Screenprint
25 3/4 x 25 3/4 in.
Edition of 175
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA...
Category
1980s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Cinetique
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Victor Vasarely
Cinetique
1973
Silkscreen in two parts; paper and mylar
12 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.
Edition of 10, numbered in Roman numerals
Signed in ink on...
Category
1970s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media
Door
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Victor Vasarely
Door
1982
Screenprint
43 x 23 1/2 in.
Edition of 325
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art.
Conditi...
Category
1980s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Cinetique
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Victor Vasarely
Cinetique
1973
Silkscreen in two parts; paper and mylar
12 1/4 x 10 x 1 1/2 in.
Edition of 50, numbered in Roman Numerals
Signed in ink on myl...
Category
1970s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled #7 (blue, red and purple)
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Victor Vasarely
Untitled #7 (blue, red and purple)
Screenprint
13 x 10 in.
Edition of 50
Pencil signed & numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum...
Category
Late 20th Century Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Kris-Bille, from Ion Album
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Victor Vasarely
Kris-Bille, from Ion Album
1989
Screenprint
14 x 11 in.
Epreuve D'Artist (E.A.)
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shie...
Category
1980s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Radau
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Victor Vasarely
Radau
Silkscreen on white wove paper
22 x 17 1/4 in.
E.A./B.A.T. from an edition of 300
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gr...
Category
1980s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color
Untitled #4 (black w/ green square in center)
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Victor Vasarely
Untitled #4 (black w/ green square in center)
c.1980
Screenprint
12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.
Edition of 50 F.V.
Pencil signed & numbered
Accompa...
Category
1980s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Rose Horizontal -- Screen Print, Stripes, Patterns, Op Art by Bridget Riley
Located in London, GB
BRIDGET RILEY
Rose Horizontal, 2018
Screenprint in colours, on Fabriano 5 paper
Signed, titled, dated and numbered from the edition of 75
Printed by A...
Category
2010s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
"Couleur Additive Perseus" by Carlos Cruz-Diez, 21st Century, Optical Art
Located in Köln, DE
"Couleur Additive Perseus" has a stunning appearance and an optical effect, which catches the beholder's attention from the very first time. Carlos Cruz-Diez from Venezuela was one o...
Category
2010s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
City - Lithograph, Print, Reverspective, Contemporary Art, Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Hand-painted multiple with lithography.
Signed in pencil, inscribed 'Proof', a proof aside from the edition of 40.
In a perspex presentation box.
Published by Flowers Gallery, Lon...
Category
Early 2000s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Op Art prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Op Art prints and multiples 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 prints and multiples created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Victor Vasarely, Roy Ahlgren, Victor Debach, and Yaacov Agam. Frequently made by artists working with Screen Print, and Lithograph 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 prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 5.5 inches across are also available. Prices for prints and multiples 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 $66 and tops out at $64,396, while the average work sells for $958.
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