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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
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 ...
Category

1980s Op Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

K-3B, Geometric Op Art Screenprint by Josef Levi, 1971
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by American artist Josef Levi. Levi is especially known for his interest in the visual similarities that transcend cultures, like the pattern shown here....
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1970s Op Art

Materials

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

Cloud, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Takaaki Matsumoto
Located in Long Island City, NY
A geometric abstract print by Japanese artist Takaaki Matsumoto. Cloud Takaaki Matsumoto, Japanese (1954) Date: 1991 Screenprint Edition of 125 Size: 24 x 24 in. (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
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1990s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Mangata 3 (small scale gold grid painting abstract wood contemporary op art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "Mångatas" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of aerosol painting and hard-edge technique...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Op Art

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Fifth Dimension, 3-D Serigraph Collage by Anne Youkeles
Located in Long Island City, NY
This serigraph was created by Austrian-American artist Anne Youkeles. She has said that her work has benefited from the permissiveness that has encouraged artists to follow their cre...
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Untitled Mod Op Art 1967 Painting on Silk
Located in Surfside, FL
Label from Obelisk Gallery verso. Henry C. Pearson (October 8, 1914 – December 3, 2006) was an American abstract and modernist painter. Pearson was born in Kinston, North Carolina, graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1938, and studied theatrical design at Yale University. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Second World War, designing maps for the Okinawa campaign, and then re-enlisted to serve in the US occupation of Japan, where he was influenced by Japanese art and theatre forms. Henry Pearson is perhaps best known for a mildly optical manner of painting, featuring a mutable labyrinth of undulating parallel lines, which somewhat inadvertently linked him to the Op Art movement of the 1960s. Although included in the Museum of Modern Art's landmark exhibition The Responsive Eye in 1965, his work displays an intuitive rhythm and poetic elegance that falls well outside of the calculated, often hard-edged quality normally associated with the Op group of artists. Pearson came late to the visual arts. His first career, in theatre design, was cut short by the Second World War. He entered the U.S. Army in 1942, and at war's end requested duty in occupied Japan, where a prolonged contact with Japanese culture nurtured a passion for painting. Upon his discharge from the army, in 1953, he enrolled in the Art Students League in New York City, where he studied with, among others, Reginald Marsh and Will Barnet. Inspired by Malevich, he turned to rectilinear abstraction, and employed it as the dominant means of expression in his painting between 1954 and 1961. As early as 1959, however, sensing an incipient decadence in his geometric canvases...
Category

1960s Op Art

Materials

Silk, Paper, Mixed Media

“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

Split Infinity #8B5, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Herbert Aach
Located in Long Island City, NY
This serigraph was created by German Op artist Herbert Aach. Aach's prints play with geometry and form, and trick the viewer's eyes by juxtaposing bright neon colors. This print is s...
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

OP ART “Emanations: O_EM 18 24” Blue Black CONTEMPORARY POLISH FEMALE ARTIST
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
“Emanations: O_EM 18 24” is a stunning, contemporary, Op Art painting created by Polish, female artist, Pi Square Milena Kornacka. Signed, titled and dated v...
Category

2010s Op Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Sky Light XXIII, " OP Art Serigraph by Evelyn B. Johnson, 1981
Located in Long Island City, NY
This abstract serigraph was created in 1981 by American Optical artist Evelyn B. Johnson. It is signed and numbered 17/25 in pencil, and the plate size is 25.5 x 25.5 inches. It is d...
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Galaxy VI, Abstract Geometric Op Art Screenprint by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Galaxy V Year: 1969 Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil Edition: AP Image Size: 17 x 17 inches Size: 20 x 20 in. (51.44 x 50.8 cm)
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1960s Op Art

Materials

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

Square Variables XI
Located in Surfside, FL
Early graphic work by the photographer Todd Smith during his period at Pratt Institute in the early 1970s. Edition of 250, unsigned and unnumbered, as issued.
Category

1970s Op Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mangata 29 (small scale gold grid painting abstract wood contemporary op art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "Mångatas" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of aerosol painting and hard-edge technique...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Op Art

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Solitude, OP Art Seascape by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Solitude Roy Ahlgren, American (1927–2011) Date: 1987 Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil Edition of 95 Image Size: 18 x 26 inches Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 7...
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Harlequin Sportif, Op Art Screenprint by Victor Vasarely
Located in Long Island City, NY
Victor Vasarely's style is a unique take on the op art movement. Rather than only gear towards the solely geometric and abstract, he also often ventures into representation. Using co...
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Embryo, Geometric Abstract Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Embryo Year: 1982 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 130 Image Size: 18 x 25 inches Size: 22 x 29.5 in. (5...
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Julio Le Parc (1928) - Coloured screen print on paper - 1997
Located in Varese, IT
Surface couleur (Colour surface) Coloured screen print on paper, edited in 1997.
 Limited edition of 50 copies , numbered as 32/50 in lower left corner. 
Hand-signed by artist in pe...
Category

1990s Op Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Space Sounds No. 2, Geometric Abstract Screenprint on Evelyn B. Johnson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Evelyn B. Johnson Title: Space Sounds No. 2 Year: circa 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 2/25 Image: 27 x 21 inches Paper Size: 30 x 22 inches
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Probe, OP Art Silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Probe Year: 1973 Medium: Silkscreen, signed, titled and numbered in pencil Edition: AP Image Size: 17 x 17 inches Size: 20 in. x 20...
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1960s Op Art

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Screen

Günter Fruhtrunk, Farbbewegungen - Portfolio of 6 Screenprints, Abstract Prints
Located in Hamburg, DE
Günter Fruhtrunk (German, 1923-1982) Farbbewegungen, 1970 Medium: Portfolio of 6 screenprints on cardstock Dimensions: each 65 x 90 cm Edition of 125: Each hand-signed and numbered i...
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20th Century Op Art

Materials

Screen

Purple/Yellow, OP Art Screenprint by Josef Levi, 1970
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by American artist Josef Levi. Levi is especially known for his interest in the visual similarities that transcend cultures, like the pattern shown here....
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1970s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Untitled - Circle, Abstract Lithograph by Ludwig Wilding
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ludwig Wilding, German (1927 - 2010) Title: Untitled - Circle Year: 1967 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 38/100 Image Size: 15.5 x 15.5 inches Size...
Category

1960s Op Art

Materials

Lithograph

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:...
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1970s Op Art

Materials

Screen

SPECTRUM (DIMENSIONAL HAND PAINTED WOOD)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original dimensional hand painted, custom cut and mounted wood. Hand signed on front and verso. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reason...
Category

Late 20th Century Op Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Oscillation , Op Art Screenprint by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Oscillation Year: circa 1977 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Image Size: 18.25 x 25.75 inches Size: 2...
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

David Roth, Abstract Screenprint, 1979
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by American artist David Roth. Roth's images are proportioned according to a strict mathematical formula - the pictures are composed according to horizon...
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1970s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Dawn of a New Era, Op Art Abstract Screenprint by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Dawn of a New Era Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 145 Image Size: 18 x 25 inches Size: 22 x 29...
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

"Concentric Space (White)", Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000) Title: Concentric Space (White) Year: 1969 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 50 Size: 29 x 22 inches
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1960s Op Art

Materials

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

"Desert Icon VI", 1969, Silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Desert Icon VI Year: 1969 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Image Size: 17 x 17 inches Size: 20 x 20 i...
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1960s Op Art

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Screen

Green v. 2, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Babe Shapiro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Babe Shapiro, American (1937 - 2016) Title: Green v. 2 Year: 1972 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 75 Image Size: 28 x 28 inches Size: 35 x 35...
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1970s Op Art

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Screen

Three to Compare
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Three to Compare From: Twelve Progressions Signed and numbered in pencil Commissioned by Martha Jackson Graphics Printer: Domberger, Stuttgart, Germany Their drystamp lower right cor...
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1970s Op Art

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Screen

Big Sur, OP Art Silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Bir Sur Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Image Size: 18 x 25.5 inches Size: 22.5 x 30 inches
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

Op-art contemporary colourful acrylic painting "Movement as a Message"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Ferruccio Gard (Italy, 1940) is one of the pioneers and leading artist representatives of the Neo-Constructivist art, Programmed Art and Optical Art, which he has practiced since 1969. He is considered to be a master of colour, in his painting Gard creates original formal and compositional solutions of forms and colours. Exploring the geometric composition with chromatic and special themes Gards clasps the complexity of black and white and the extremes of the tonal scale of colours. Gard's work have been the subject of many writers, including Piero Dorazio and Virgilio Guidi, as well as renowned poets art art curators such as Jorge Amado...
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Flirt, OP Art Screenprint by Arthur Boden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arthur Boden Title: Flirt Year: circa 1970 Medium: Serigraph on Canvas, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP Size: 31 x 36 in. (78.74 x 91.44 cm)
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1970s Op Art

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Screen

Squares, Abstract Screenprint by Ludwig Wilding
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ludwig Wilding, German (1927 - 2010) Title: Squares Year: 1967 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 38/100 Image Size: 15.5 x 15.5 inches Size: 23.5 x ...
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1960s Op Art

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Screen

Tres Torres, Surrealist Geometric Screenprint by Enrique Sebastian Carbajal
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Enrique Carbajal Sebastian, Mexican (1947 - ) Title: Tres Torres Year: 1982 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edi...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

Allegro, Op Art Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Allegro Year: 1986 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 23/100 Image Size: 18 x 25.5 inches Size: 22.5 x 30 in...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

Square Variables VI
Located in Surfside, FL
Early graphic work by the photographer Todd Smith during his period at Pratt Institute in the early 1970s. Edition of 250, unsigned and unnumbered, as issued.
Category

1970s Op Art

Materials

Lithograph

TRIDIM Gris
Located in Fairlawn, OH
TRIDIM Gris Screen print, 1986 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Edition: 200 (76/200) From: portfolio enetitled "35 ans apres" Printed at Atelier Arcay, Paris, France Publisher: Park West Gallery...
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

David Roth, Abstract Serigraph, 1980
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by American artist David Roth. Roth's images are proportioned according to a strict mathematical formula - the pictures are composed according to horizon...
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Square Variables IX
Located in Surfside, FL
Early graphic work by the photographer Todd Smith during his period at Pratt Institute in the early 1970s. Edition of 250, unsigned and unnumbered, as issued.
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1970s Op Art

Materials

Lithograph

Opticals, OP Art Geometric Screenprint by Sue Gollifer 1969
By Sue Gollifer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sue Gollifer, British (1944 - ) Title: Opticals Year: 1969 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 5/75 Image Size: 18 x 18 inches Size: 28 in. x 22 in. (7...
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1960s Op Art

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Screen

Four Green Shapes in Continuous Space, Surrealist Screenprint by Frank Roth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Frank Roth, American (1936 - ) Title: Untitled - Four Green Shapes in Continuous Space Year: 1978 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 125, AP 30 Image S...
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1970s Op Art

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Screen

Extrinsic, Geometric OP Art Screenprint by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Extrinsic Year: 1974 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 50 Image Size: 17 x 17 inches Size: 20 x 20 in. (50...
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1970s Op Art

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Screen

City of New York, Op Art Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: City of New York Year: 1972 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 50 Image Size: 20 x 26 inches Size: 23 x 29 ...
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1970s Op Art

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Screen

Circuitous, Op Art Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Circuitous Year: 1978 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 70 Image Size: 20 x 20 inches Size: 22 x 29.65 in....
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1970s Op Art

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Screen

Aztec, Op Art Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Aztec Year: 1983 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Image Size: 18 x 26 inches Size: 22.5 x 30 in. (57....
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1980s Op Art

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Screen

Let It Be Orange
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in pencil lower right Published by Eugene Schuster, London Art Printer: Vistec, Rochester, New York Regular edition unrealized per Stanczak web site This annotated "H.C." ...
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1880s Op Art

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Screen

Red Blue Variations, OP Art Painting by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
An acrylic painting by Roy Ahlgren circa 1970. A geometric abstract painting utilizing bright contrasting color blocks in a modern form. Signed verso, unframed. Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Red Blue Variations...
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1970s Op Art

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Convolution, OP Art Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Convolution Year: 1978 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 19/80 Image Size: 18 x 24 inches Size: 20 x 26 in....
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1970s Op Art

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Screen

David Roth, Abstract Geometric Acrylic Painting on Paper, 1977
Located in Long Island City, NY
This acrylic painting was created by American artist David Roth. Roth's images are proportioned according to a strict mathematical formula - the pictures are composed according to ho...
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1970s Op Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Starry, Starry Night - Op Art Screenprint by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
This swirling chrome and silver print is named in reference to the famous painting “Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh. The spiral that pulls at the center of the composition is remin...
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1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Red Pentagons, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Jose Maria Yturralde
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Maria Yturralde, Spanish (1942 - ) Title: Red Pentagons Year: 1970 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 15/100 Size: 15 in. x 12 in. (38.1 cm x 30.4...
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1970s Op Art

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Screen

"Conceptual Perspective II", 1969, Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Conceptual Perspective II Year: 1969 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Image Size: 17 x 17 inches Size:...
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1960s Op Art

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Screen

"Stereopsis I", 1973, OP Art Silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Stereopsis I Year: 1973 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 50 Image Size: 18 x 18 inches Size: 20 x 20 in. ...
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1970s Op Art

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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.

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