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
Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
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
Michael Dal Cerro, Triumph of the Grid, 2019, Linocut, Urban Landscape, Modern
Located in Darien, CT
Michael Dal Cerro's prints could be seen as imaginary architectural proposals. He takes satisfaction in taking something that is supposed to be exact...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut
Egg (Red), Geometric Screenprint by Kyohei Inukai
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kyohei Inukai, American (1913 - 1985)
Title: Egg (Red)
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Image Size: 25 x 20 inches
Size: 35 x 23...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
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...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Entraphy, Abstract Op Art Screenprint by Tony Bechara
By Tony Bechara
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Tony Bechara, Puerto Rican (1942 - )
Title: Entraphy
Year: 1979
Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 250, AP 30
Image Size: 27.5 x 20 inches
...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
DOR-OR, Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997)
Title: DOR-OR
Year: 1982
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: 96/325, plus proofs
Size: 42.75 x 23.5 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: Si...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Gamut, Op Art Screenprint by Mark Rowland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mark Rowland (American, 1953 - )
Title: Gamut
Medium: Screenprint, signed, dated, and titled in pencil
Edition 214/300
Size: 30 x 30 in. (76.2 x ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Karen, Abstract Geometric OP Art Screenprint by Josef Levi
By Josef Levi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josef Levi, American (1938 - )
Title: Karen
Year: 1972
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150; AP XII
Image Size: 12 x 12 inches
Size: 14 x 18 in. (3...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Optical Green Composition - Original Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Optical green composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Victor Debach in the 1970s.
Mixed colored serigraph on paper.
Hand signed on the lower right margin.
Num...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Abstract Violet Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Violet Composition is a Screen Print on Paper realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
Limited edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist with pencil on the lower m...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Geometric Color Grid - Op Art Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly precise op-art composition by an unknown artist. A grid of colored squares has been created with various colors, divided by occasional diagonal lines that give the feel of ove...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Op Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$360 Sale Price
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Purple v. 1, OP Art Silkscreen by Babe Shapiro
By Babe Shapiro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Babe Shapiro, American (1937 - 2016)
Title: Purple v. 1
Year: 1972
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 75
Image Size: 28 x 28 inches
Size: 35 x 3...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Abstract Pink Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Pink Composition is a Screen Print on Paper realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
Limited edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist with pencil on the lower mar...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Gull Point
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Gull Point" 1987 is a color serigraph by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 60/100 in pencil by the artis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen
Complex Geometries - Screen Print by Mario Padovan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Complex Geometries is an original colored serigraph realized by Mario Padovan in the 1970s.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered in pencil on the lower left. Edition o...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Negative-Positive - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
By Bruno Munari
Located in Roma, IT
Negative-Positive is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991.
Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin.
Good condition.
Bruno Muna...
Category
1990s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Abstract Composition in Purple - Screen Print by V. Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition in purple is a screenprint realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
50x70 cm.
Edition 23/100
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excellent conditions.
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Abstract Pink Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Pink Composition is a Screen Print on Paper realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
Limited edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist with pencil on the lower mar...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Abstract Composition in Purple - Screen Print by V. Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition in purple is a screenprint realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
50x70 cm.
Edition 22/100
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excellent conditions.
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Abstract Turquoise Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Turquoise Composition is a Screen Print on Paper realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
Limited edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist with pencil on the lowe...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Skylight XVII, Op Art Screenprint by Evelyn B. Johnson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Skylight XVII
Evelyn B. Johnson
Date: 1981
Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated and titled in pencil
Edition of 19/25
Image Size: 26 x 38 inches
Size: 30 x 42 ...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
$680 Sale Price
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Abstract Composition in Purple - Screen Print by V. Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition in purple is a screenprint realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
50x70 cm.
Edition 15/100
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excellent conditions.
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
USA, Op Art Screenprint by Jack Brusca
By Jack Brusca
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jack Brusca, American (1939 - 1993) - USA, Year: 1978, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP 30, Image Size: 24 x 24 inches, Size: 28 in. x 26 in....
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Abstract Composition in Purple - Screen Print by V. Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition in purple is a screenprint realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
50x70 cm.
Edition 11/100
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excellent conditions.
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Michael Dal Cerro, Metropolis in Symmetry, 2019, Linocut, Urban Landscape
Located in Darien, CT
Michael Dal Cerro's prints could be seen as imaginary architectural proposals. He takes satisfaction in taking something that is supposed to be exact...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut
Abstract Composition in Purple - Screen Print by V. Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition in purple is a screenprint realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
Edition 20/100.
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excellent conditions.
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Abstract Pink Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Pink Composition is a Screen Print on Paper realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
Limited edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist with pencil on the lower mar...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Peano Curves - Original Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
By Bruno Munari
Located in Roma, IT
Peano Curves is an original Serigraph realized by Bruno Munari in 1991.
Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin.
Excellent condition.
Bruno Munari (...
Category
1990s Op Art
Materials
Screen
$566 Sale Price
30% Off
Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
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
Night Nurse, Large Magritte-like Surreal Painting by Backstrom aka Beck o Jung
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Holger Bäckström from 1979. A mixed media collage and oil painting produced by the company Beck & Jung, a collaborative duo between Holger Bäckström and Bo Ljungberg in the 1960's-70's. Their emphasis on highly designed optical art-style is eminent in the objects produced from Beck & Jung.
Artist: Holger Bäckström and Bo Ljungberg (aka Beck & Jung), Scandanavian (1939 - 1997 and 2007)
Title: Night Nurse...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Victor Debach in the 1970s.
Mixed colored screen print on paper.
Hand signed on the lower right margin.
Numbered o...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
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...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Awakening
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Awakening" 1981 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 70/150 in pencil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen
Architecture Kinetic New York Brooklyn Bridge Op Art Lithograph Pol Bury Ltd Ed
By Pol Bury
Located in Surfside, FL
Pol Bury (Belgian, 1922-2005)
Screen print of Brooklyn Bridge
Hand signed and numbered 27/ 62 in pencil
Dimensions: 17.5 X 24.25 inches. (sheet size)
Provenance: Published by Lefebre Gallery, New York.
lithographie en couleurs.
Signées et numérotées 27/62.
This is just for the print. the title sheet is just included for reference.
Pol Bury (1922 – 2005) was a Belgian sculptor who began his artistic career as a painter in the Jeune Peintre Belge (along with Willy Anthoons, James Ensor, Odette Collon, Pierre Alechinsky, Jo Delahaut and Jean Rets...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Architecture Kinetic Statue of Liberty Op Art Screen Print Lithograph Pol Bury
By Pol Bury
Located in Surfside, FL
Pol Bury (Belgian, 1922-2005)
screen print of Statue of Liberty
Hand signed and numbered 27/ 62 in pencil
Dimensions: 24.25 X 17.5 inches. (sheet size)
Provenance: Published by Lefebre Gallery, New York.
lithographie en couleurs.
Signées et numérotées 27/62.
This is just for the print. the title sheet is just included for reference.
Pol Bury (1922 – 2005) was a Belgian sculptor who began his artistic career as a painter in the Jeune Peintre Belge (along with Willy Anthoons, James Ensor, Odette Collon, Pierre Alechinsky, Jo Delahaut and Jean Rets...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Compounded Red, Op Art Screenprint by Julian Stanczak
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful OP Art silkscreen by Poland-born American OP Artist, Julian Stanczak.
Artist: Julian Stanczak, American (1928 - 2017)
Title: Compounded Red
Year: 1981
Medium: Screenpri...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Fan Figuration, 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...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
“Lozenge Land 2” Modern Abstract Blue, Green, and Orange Dimensional Op Art
By Jeremy Kidd
Located in Houston, TX
Modern blue, green, and orange abstract op art landscape. Through using 3-dimensional elements and realistic shading techniques, Kidd is able to great an undulating, futuristic lands...
Category
Early 2000s Op Art
Materials
Resin, Plaster, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Digital
Extrinsic, Geometric OP Art Screenprint by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Extrinsic
Year: 1974
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Image Size: 17 x 17 inches
Size: 20 x 20 in. (5...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
"Extrusive" Abstract Op-Art Serigraph
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful multi color serigraph by Roy Ahlgren (American, 1927-2011). This piece transitions from a dark magenta to a silvery blue, passing through warm grey shades in between. The s...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Screen
Agam Silkscreen Jerusalem Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
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 ...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Abstract Geometrical Scene - Mixed Media by Rodolfo Aricò - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract geometrical Scene is an original artwork realized by Rodolfo Aricò (Milan, 3 June 1930 – 22 June 2002) in the 1970s.
Colored lilac film on ca...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
La Escalera Azul, de la serie Sintesis
Located in Miami, FL
La Escalera Azul, de la serie Sintesis 1979
Plexiglas and metal Ed 37 of 110
20 x 14 x 5 in
Literature:
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao. “Soto. The Fourth dimension”. Catalogue published on...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Metal
Oscillation, Op Art Screenprint by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Oscillation
Year: circa 1977
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150
Image Size: 18.25 x 25.75 inches
Size:...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Transection I, Silkscreen by Clarence Carter 1971
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Transection I
Year: 1971
Medium: Screenprint on Scintilla paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 75
Paper Size:...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Mesa, OP Art Silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Mesa
Year: 1986
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150
Image Size: 18 x 26 inches
Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Exploded view
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Exploded View" 1971 is a color serigraph by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and inscribed A.P (Artist Proof) in pen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen
Ascension
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ascension" 1978 is a color serigraph on paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 34/65 in pencil by th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen
Five Visual Orchestrations, Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yaakov Agam (1928)
Title: Five Visual Orchestrations
Year: 1990
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: 12/72, plus proofs
Size: 30.25 x 42 inches
Condition: Good
Inscrip...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Countessian, 1983, Etching with Aquatint by Barry Nelson
By Barry Nelson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Countessian
Barry Nelson, British/American (1937)
Date: 1983
Etching with Aquatint on Arches, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil
Edition of AP
Image Size: 29.5 x 20.25 inch...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Ducalion I, 1983, Etching with Aquatint by Barry Nelson
By Barry Nelson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ducalion I
Barry Nelson, British/American (1937)
Date: 1983
Etching with Aquatint on Arches, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil
Edition of AP
Image Size: 20.25 x 29.5 inche...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Heatwave, 1979, Etching with Aquatint by Barry Nelson
By Barry Nelson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Heatwave
Barry Nelson, British/American (1937)
Date: 1979
Etching with Aquatint on Arches, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil
Edition of AP
Image Size: 29.5 x 20.25 inches
...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Narguissian, 1983, Etching with Aquatint by Barry Nelson
By Barry Nelson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Narguissian
Barry Nelson, British/American (1937)
Date: 1983
Etching with Aquatint on Arches, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil
Edition of AP
Image Size: 29.5 x 20.25 inch...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Regalion, 1983, Etching with Aquatint by Barry Nelson
By Barry Nelson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Regalion
Barry Nelson, British/American (1937)
Date: 1983
Etching with Aquatint on Arches, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil
Edition of 15/15
Image Size: 29.5 x 20.25 inch...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Optical Composition - Original Lithograph by Mario Padovan - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Optical Composition is an original colored serigraph realized by Mario Padovan in the 1970s.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered in pencil on the lower left. Edition ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
Precious Reflections - Original Screen Print by Mario Padovan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Precious Reflections is a beautiful colored serigraph realized by Mario Padovan in the 1970s.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered in pencil on the lower left. Edition...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Sinuous Geometries - Original Lithograph by Mario Padovan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Sinuous Geometries is an original colored lithograph realized by Mario Padovan in the 1970s.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered in pencil on the lower left. Edition ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
An American Portrait, 1976, Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: AFter Yaakov Agam (1928)
Title: An American Portrait, exhibition poster
Year: 1976
Medium: Offset Lithograph on wove paper
Size: 27.75 x 19.25 inches
Condition: Excellent
Not...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Victor Vasarely, Door, 1982
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Victor Vasarely (Hungarian / French 1906 – 1997)
Door, 1982
Numbered ‘E.A. 7/9’ (lower left) and signed Vasarely (lower right)
Artist’s proof
Silkscreen print
43 x 23.1/2 in. (109.3 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen
Summer, Rainbow OP Art Screenprint by James Norman
By James Norman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: James Norman, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Summer
Year: 1981
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 39/50
Image Size: 22 x 32 inches
Size: 25 x 38 in. (...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
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.