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
Checkmate, Op Art Screenprint by Rita Simon
By Rita Simon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rita Simon, American (1938 - )
Title: Checkmate
Year: 1978
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP 30
Image Size: 32 x 24 inches
Size: 34 in. x 26...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Ikon, Op Art Screenprint by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Ikon
Year: 1976
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Image Size: 17 x 17 inches
Size: 20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Mid Century Modern Dimensional Ink on Acetate Stippled Op Art Mixed Media Work
Located in New York, NY
This refined mid century modern mixed media work was realized in the United States circa 1970. In dialogue with the Op Art movement of the time- popularized by such artists such as V...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Ink
Mobius - Brown, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Wladimir Zwaagstra
By Wladimir Zwaagstra
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Wladimir Zwaagstra, Dutch (1937 - )
Title: Mobius - Brown
Year: 1974
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 10/25
Size: 20 x 30 inches
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
John F. Kennedy, Op Art Screenprint Portrait by Yvaral
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jean-Pierre Vasarely - "Yvaral", French (1934 - 2002)
Title: John F. Kennedy
Year: circa 1979
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 177/200
Size: 41 in. ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Oscillation
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Fairlawn, OH
11 color screen print
Signed, dated, titled and numberedin pencil
Edition: 150 (9/150)
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
By Decent
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
SPECTRUM (DIMENSIONAL HAND PAINTED WOOD)
By Stan Slutsky
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
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
Cascadia 4 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vivid colors optical art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
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 24/100
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excellent conditions.
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
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...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tulip and Bees (Cut-out, Collage, Black & White, Patterns, Negative Space)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Louise Marler
Tulip and Bees
Archival Pigment Print
Epson UltraChrome Archival Inks on White Metallic Archival Stock
2022
Edition: 10
Size: 20x16inches
Signed and numbered by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1694
*Separate Edition of 10 in size 10x8in available. Please inquire within.
** Framing Options available. Please inquire within.
Tags: Cut-out, collage, black and white, patterns, negative space, organic
Louise Marler’s photo-based Mixed Media art, is iconic visual vocabulary. Au-thentic style has led to exhibits, art collections and events which integrate his-tory, education, and entertainment. Raised in a family that collected, sold and repaired typewriters. These and other analog, vintage machines are part of her personal history and led naturally to becoming part of the subject matter of her visual expression. Louise Marleris inspired by Americana and also influenced by pop art and technology.
“I developed my unique art style in a Santa Monica Airport (former mechanic) hanger turned art studio. I currently live and work in St. Louis where antique row meets the most progressive art...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Energetic Influence (Cut-out, Collage, Black & White, Patterns, Negative Space)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Louise Marler
Energetic Influence
Archival Pigment Print
Epson UltraChrome Archival Inks on White Metallic Archival Stock
2022
Edition: 10
Size: 20x16inches
Signed and numbered by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1695
*Separate Edition of 10 in size 10x8in available. Please inquire within.
** Framing Options available. Please inquire within.
Tags: Cut-out, collage, black and white, patterns, negative space, organic
Louise Marler’s photo-based Mixed Media art, is iconic visual vocabulary. Au-thentic style has led to exhibits, art collections and events which integrate his-tory, education, and entertainment. Raised in a family that collected, sold and repaired typewriters. These and other analog, vintage machines are part of her personal history and led naturally to becoming part of the subject matter of her visual expression. Louise Marleris inspired by Americana and also influenced by pop art and technology.
“I developed my unique art style in a Santa Monica Airport (former mechanic) hanger turned art studio. I currently live and work in St. Louis where antique row meets the most progressive art...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Pulsar
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Fairlawn, OH
11 value silkscreen print
Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist.
Edition of 150, plus 20 AP's as is here AP XV/XX.
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
By dece...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Andreas Nottebohm, "KN- 2094, " unique oil painting on aluminum
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a unique original oil painting on aluminum by Andreas Nottebohm, created in 2015. Andreas Nottebohm is a German artist that came to America circa 1979. Nottebohm's work...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Oil
Victor Vasarely, "Tennis Player", silkscreen
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original silkscreen on paper by Victor Vasarely, created in 1977. Vasarely was a Hungarian-French artist who was widely known as the father and pioneer of the Op Art Movement, wh...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Rogelio Polesello(1939-2014) - Agata - Screen printing on BFK Rives paper - 1975
Located in Varese, IT
Screen printing on BFK Rives paper, edited in 1975.
Limited edition of 200 copies , numbered as 42/200 in lower left corner.
Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lower right corne...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Rivotril, 1990
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1990, this original color serigraph is hand signed by Victor Vasarely (Pécs, 1906 - Paris, 1997) in pencil in the lower right margin. Numbered 270/300, this piece was prin...
Category
1990s Op Art
Materials
Screen
#2
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This 11x14-inch hand-drawn Op Art piece features exceptional detail. The time invested in this limited edition was well spent, as the meticulous creation process cultivates patience...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Op Art
Materials
Paper, Pen
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
Tutankhamon
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Pencil signed, dated, titled and numbered.
Image 26" x 18"
Category
1980s Op Art
Quadrato
Located in Miami, FL
Jesus Rafael Soto (1923-2005)
Quadrato 1974
Editions Denise Rene
46 of 75
Acrylic/aluminum with painted metal rods
17,5 x 15,7 x 12,5 in
Signed and dated
Provenance:
Editions Galeri...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Metal
Sanctuary
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150 (80/150)
15 color silk screen
12" round
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
By decent
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Almir Mavignier: 9 Abstract Screenprints from the "48 Serigraphien" Portfolio
By Almir Mavignier
Located in Hamburg, DE
Almir Mavignier
Untitled (from 48 Serigraphien), 1961
Medium: 9 abstract screen prints on paper
Dimensions: 15 7/10 × 11 7/10 in 39.8 × 29.7 cm
Edition of 50: Each Hand-signed in pe...
Category
20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen
Abstract Composition in Purple - Screen Print by V. Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition in purple is an screen print realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
50x70 cm.
Edition 14/100
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excellent conditions.
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Abstract Composition in Purple - Screen Print by V. Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition in purple in a screenprint realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
50x70 cm.
Edition 16/100
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excellent conditions.
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Abstract Composition in Purple - Screen Print by V. Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition in purple in an original screenprint realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
50x70 cm.
Numbered edition.
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excelle...
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 15/100
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excellent conditions.
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
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 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 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 21/100
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excellent conditions.
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.
Edition 20/100.
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excellent conditions.
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Egg (Orange), Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Kyohei Inukai
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kyohei Inukai, American (1913 - 1985)
Title: Egg (Orange)
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Image Size: 25 x 20 inches
Size: 35 x...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
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
Abstract Green Composition - Screen Print by V. Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Green Composition is a Screen Print on Paper realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
Hand-signed.
Limited edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist with pencil o...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled [Wave] -- Screen Print, Stripes, Lines, Op Art by Bridget Riley
Located in London, GB
Untitled [Wave], 1975
Bridget Riley
Screenprint in colours, on wove
Signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 400
Printed by Graham Henderson, London
Published by Galerie Beyel...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
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Purple Composition - Screen Print by V. Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Purple Composition is a contemporary artwork realized by Victor Debach in the 1970s.
Mixed colored screen print on paper.
Hand signed on the lower rig...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Doors opening #2
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This unique, limited-edition 11x14 inch op art piece, meticulously rendered on fine paper using a gel pen and metal ruler, creates a captivating optical illusion. Its monochrome des...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Op Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Gel Pen
#7
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This exceptional 9x12 inch artwork showcases precision and consistency in its finest lines, featuring intricate triangles and other visual illusions for the viewer to discover. Its ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Op Art
Materials
Gel Pen
Abstract Green Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Green 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 ma...
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 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
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
Optical Green Composition - 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 screen print on paper.
Hand signed on the lower right margin.
...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
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
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
Start -- Screen Print, Abstract, Bright Colors, Op Art by Bridget Riley
Located in London, GB
Start, 2000
Bridget Riley
Screenprint in colours, on paper
Signed, titled, dated and numbered from the edition of 200
Printed by Artizan Editions, Hove
Image: 34.8 × 38 cm (13.7 × 1...
Category
Early 2000s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Hidden Flowers - Original Screen Print by Mario Padovan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Hidden Flowers 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 20/50...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Couleur Additive Perseus, Portfolio of 3
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Couleur Additive Perseus, Portfolio of 3
2017
Screenprint
39 3/8 x 27 9/16 in. each
ED'A
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA ...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Azure Composition - Original Screen Print on Paper by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 100 prints. On headed paper.
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
"L’échiquier" by Victor Vasarely
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
The Exchequer - Victor Vasarely - 1935
Lithography
Inscribed on the back "L'échiquier - Lithog (1935)".
Paper size: 40x46cm
Size of the work: 33x23cm
Signature at bottom right in p...
Category
1930s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
Bianco Nero 2018 - Geometric abstract painting
Located in New York, NY
This hand painted piece by Lucchetta is part of the op art series where he is able to catch movement with his unique technique. Lucchetta is challenging himself. His precise stable h...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Board
Untitled
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Victor Vasarely Untitled, c. 1970-79 is a glazed porcelain multiple that is hand-signed by Victor Vasarely (Hungary, 1906 – France, 1997) and is numbered from the edition of 50 on ve...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Porcelain
Complex Geometries - Original 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
Emerged Land - Lithograph by Mario Padovan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Emerged Land 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 of 50 ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Red Line - Original Lithograph by Mario Padovan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Red Line 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 2/100....
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
Emerged Land - Lithograph by Mario Padovan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Emerged Land is a 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 of 50 prints num...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
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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