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Op Art

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
Artist: Jurgen Peters
Rainbow Waves, Op Art Screenprint by Jurgen Peters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Rainbow Waves Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 30 Image Size: 18.5 x 34 inches Size...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

Fleditwerk
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Fleditwerk Serigraph, 1970 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil by the artist. Publisher: Kunstverein Braunschweig blindstamp lower left Edition: 100 (66/100) Condition: Excellent Image: 22 x 22...
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1970s Op Art

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Screen

Enterieur (Outside)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Enterieur (Outside) Screen print, 1973 Signed lower right in pencil (see photo) Edition: A.P., annotated lower left corner Published by Edition Ltd., Indianapolis Image size: 21 3/4 ...
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1970s Op Art

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Screen

Imaginary Triangle, OP Art Silkscreen by Jurgen Peters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Imaginary Triangle Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Image Size: 23.5 x 23.5 inches Size: ...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

"Oktoqou III" 1974 OpArt Silkscreen Jürgen Peters
Located in Arp, TX
Jürgen Peters Oktoqou III 1974 Silkscreen 59/125 28.25"x28.25" unframed Signed, dated, titled, and print number across bottom in pencil. *Custom framing available for additional cha...
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1970s Op Art

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Paper, Screen

Pinwheel, Framed OP Art Silkscreen by Jurgen Peters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Pinwheel Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 14/250 Image Size: 24 x 24 inches Size: 27 in. x...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

Spur, OP Art Silkscreen by Jurgen Peters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Spur Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP Image Size: 20 x 31.5 inches Size: 24 in. x 36...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

"Pinwheel, " Op Art Serigraph by Jurgen Peters, 1980
Located in Long Island City, NY
This serigraph was created by German artist Jurgen Peters. Peters was a very well known optical artist in the 1970s, he was a contemporary of Victor Vasarely, Yaacov Agam and Briget Riley...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

Top Square, Op Art Screenprint by Jurgen Peters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Top Square Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP Image Size: 31.5 x 21.5 inches Size...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

"Fan Figuration, " Serigraph, 1980
Located in Long Island City, NY
This serigraph was created by German artist Jurgen Peters. Peters was a very well known optical artist in the 1970s, he was a contemporary of Victor Vasarely, Yaacov Agam and Briget Riley...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

Infinitive, Geometric Abstract Serigraph by Jurgen Peters, 1981
Located in Long Island City, NY
This serigraph was created by German artist Jurgen Peters. Peters was a very well known optical artist in the 1970s, he was a contemporary of Victor Vasarely, Yaacov Agam and Briget Riley...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

Rainbow Waves, Op Art Screenprint by Jurgen Peters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Rainbow Waves Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 30 Image Size: 18.5 x 34 inches Size: ...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

Interchange, Geometric Abstract Serigraph by Jurgen Peters, 1982
Located in Long Island City, NY
This serigraph was created by German artist Jurgen Peters. Peters was a very well known optical artist in the 1970s, he was a contemporary of Victor Vasarely, Yaacov Agam and Briget Riley...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

"Pinwheel, " Op Art Serigraph by Jurgen Peters, 1980
Located in Long Island City, NY
This serigraph was created by German artist Jurgen Peters. Peters was a very well known optical artist in the 1970s, he was a contemporary of Victor Vasarely, Yaacov Agam and Briget Riley...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

Rainbow Waves, Op Art Screenprint by Jurgen Peters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Rainbow Waves Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 30 Image Size: 18.5 x 34 inches ...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

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Located in Ljubljana, SI
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Untitled
H 37.41 in W 30.32 in
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Historic limited edition 1960s retrospective poster British Council Pop Op Art
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After Bridget Riley Bridget Riley Works 1959-1978: A Major Retrospective Exhibition, 1978 in collaboration with five international museums Published by the Fine Arts Council UK Offs...
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Yaacov Agam Large Silkscreen Colors on Gold Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
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20th Century Op Art

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Screen

Agam Lenticular Kinetic Agamograph Hand Signed numbered Israeli Kinetic Op Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam, Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, and numbered. Limited edition lenticular lens kinetic Agamograph Titled 'Sea Fathom'. Hand-signed and numbered edition 24/99, size of w...
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20th Century Op Art

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Screen, Lenticular

Agam Silkscreen Jerusalem Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam, Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you ...
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1980s Op Art

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Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you r...
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1980s Op Art

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Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you r...
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1980s Op Art

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Lithograph, Screen

Bridget Riley Hand Signed by Bridget Riley Geometric Abstraction British Op Art
Located in New York, NY
Bridget Riley Flashback (Hand Signed), 2009 Offset Lithograph (hand signed by Bridget Riley) 27 × 27 inches Boldly signed in black marker on the front Unframed Signed by Bridget Riley in her inimitable hand on the occasion of this 2009-2010 exhibition at the Southampton City Art Gallery of works from the Arts Council of Great Britain collection. Bridget Riley Biography Bridget Riley's (b. 1931) abstract compositions yield a singular sense of visual pleasure for the viewer, a notion derived as much from the artist's formative encounters with Old Master and Impressionist painting as from her early experiences with nature. Since 1961, she has focused exclusively on seemingly simple geometric forms, such as lines, circles, curves, and squares, arrayed across a surface—whether a canvas, a wall, or paper—according to an internal logic. The resulting compositions actively engage the viewer, at times triggering sensations of vibration and movement. This sense of dynamism was explored to great effect in the artist's earliest black-and-white paintings, which established the basis of her enduring formal vocabulary. In 1967, Riley introduced color into her work, thus expanding the perceptual and optical possibilities of her compositions. Riley was born in 1931 in London, where she attended Goldsmiths College from 1949 to 1952 and the Royal College of Art from 1952 to 1955. Riley’s first solo exhibitions were held at Gallery One, London, in 1962 and 1963, followed by two exhibitions at Robert Fraser Gallery, London, in 1966 and 1967. She was also at that time included in numerous group exhibitions such as Towards Art?, Royal College of Art London (1962); The New Generation, Whitechapel Gallery, London (1964); and Painting and Sculpture of a Decade 1954–1964, Tate Gallery, London (1964). In 1965, her work was included in the now-seminal group exhibition The Responsive Eye, organized by William Seitz at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1968, she represented Great Britain at the 34th Venice Biennale (along with Philip King), where she was the first living British painter to win the prestigious International Prize for Painting. Her first retrospective, covering the period from 1961 to 1970, opened at the Kunstverein Hannover in 1971 and subsequently traveled to Kunsthalle Bern; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Turin; and the Hayward Gallery, London. More recent significant solo presentations include those at Dia Center for the Arts, New York (2000-2001); Museum Haus Esters and Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany (2002); Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2004-2005); Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2008); Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (traveled to Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery; Southampton City Art Gallery; 2009-2010); The National Gallery, London (2010-2011); Art Institute of Chicago (2014-2015); The Courtauld Gallery, London (2015); De La Warr...
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Early 2000s Op Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Vilag, 1978
Located in Palo Alto, CA
This original color serigraph is hand signed by Victor Vasarely (Pécs, 1906 - Paris, 1997) in pencil in the lower right margin. Numbered from the edition of 275, this piece was publi...
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1970s Op Art

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Screen

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you r...
Category

1980s Op Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Hungarian Surrealist Abstract Hebrew Silkscreen Judaica Print Jewish Serigraph
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract Hebrew Prints on heavy mould made paper from small edition of 15. there is a facing page of text in Hungarian folded over. Hard edged geometric abstract prints in color base...
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Previously Available Items
1960's Contemporary Print, "Top Square" by Jurgen Peters
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Op art serigraph by noted op artist Jurgen Peters. Beautiful detail and precision in colors and shapes. Brand new custom white oak frame with shadow b...
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1960s Op Art

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Screen

Spur
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Spur Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP Image Size: 20 x 31.5 inches Size: 24 in. x 36...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

Framed OP Art Serigraph by Jurgen Peters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Untitled Year: circa 1979 Medium: Serigraph (unsigned) Size: 19.5 x 37.25 inches Frame: 22.5 x 40.75 inches
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1970s Op Art

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Screen

655K
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil Edition: 700 Publisher: Editions Ltd., Indianapolis From a distinguished private Midwestern Collection.
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1970s Op Art

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Screen

Contraction
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Contraction Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP Image Size: 23.5 x 23.5 inches Size: 27.5 in...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

"Windows Motif, " Serigraph, 1982
Located in Long Island City, NY
This serigraph was created by German artist Jurgen Peters. Peters was a very well known optical artist in the 1970s, he was a contemporary of Victor Vasarely, Yaacov Agam and Briget Riley...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

"Contraction, " Serigraph, 1981
Located in Long Island City, NY
This serigraph was created by German artist Jurgen Peters. Peters was a very well known optical artist in the 1970s, he was a contemporary of Victor Vasarely, Yaacov Agam and Briget Riley...
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Spur
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Spur Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP Image Size: 20 x 31.5 inches Size: 24 in...
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Imaginary Triangle, Framed OP Art Silkscreen by Jurgen Peters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Imaginary Triangle Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Image Size: 23.5 x 23.5 inches ...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

Chrystal
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Chrystal Year: 1982 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP Image Size: 24 x 24 inches Size: 27.5 in. ...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

Chrystal
H 31 in W 31 in D 2 in
Construction
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Construction Year: circa 1975 Medium: Tempera on Paper Paper Size: 23.5 x 23.5 inches Frame: 32 x 34 inches
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1970s Op Art

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Gouache

Op Art art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Op art 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 art 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 Paint 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, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are also available. Prices for art 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 $350,000, while the average work sells for $1,616.

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