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
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
Iboya, NBC 36
Located in Palo Alto, CA
The Hungarian word, Iboya, meaning a small forest violet, has been chosen by Vasarely to identify his astonishing series of vertical sculptures for intereior use.
The Iboya consist ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Polystyrene, Wood
Inward Eye, #2 OP Art Serigraph by Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publishers stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500.
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Three to Compare, from Twelve Progressions
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Julian Stanczak
Three to Compare, from Twelve Progressions
1971
Screenprint
31 3/4 x 26 in.
Edition of 90
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Summer Suite (Red with Gold IV)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Unique White Marble OP Art Sculpture by Domenico Casanta
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique carved marble sculpture by well-known Italian/Venezuelan Kinetic Artist, Domenico Casasanta (1935 - ). It is signed and dated 1972.
Artist: Domenico Casasanta, Italian (1...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Marble
1920 League of Women Voters, Large OP Art Screenprint by Anuszkiewicz 1969
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930 - )
Title: 1920 League of Women Voters
Year: 1969
Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, and dated ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Iboya, NBC 35
Located in Palo Alto, CA
The Hungarian word, Iboya, meaning a small forest violet, has been chosen by Vasarely to identify his astonishing series of vertical sculptures for intereior use.
The Iboya consist ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Polystyrene, Wood
Acid-Wave
By Omar Rayo
Located in New York, NY
Striking 3-dimensional acrylic and wood on canvas sculpture by renowned Colombian painter an sculptor, Omar Rayo. Signed, titled, inscribed "New Yo...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
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
Pulse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kyohei Inukai, American (1913 - 1985)
Title: Pulse
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 37/100
Image Size: 21.75 x 25.5 inches
Size: 23...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
1920 League of Women Voters, Large OP Art Screenprint by Anuszkiewicz 1969
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930 - )
Title: 1920 League of Women Voters
Year: 1969
Medium: Screenprint (unsigned)
Image Size: 18 x 3...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Tsillag
Located in London, GB
Hand-painted acrylic on wood three-dimensional multiple, 1990, signed and numbered from the edition of 175 in ink, 52.7 x 61 x 7.9 cm. (20 3/4 x 24 x 3 1/8 in.)
Category
1990s Op Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Blue Circles, from Eight Variants
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Julian Stanczak
Yellow One
1970
Silkscreen
28 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.
Edition of 165
Pencil Signed and Numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art
Co...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Solitude
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Solitude" 1987 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 35/95 in pencil b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen
in City and in Forest
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"in City and in Forest 22" explores the assimilation of aerosol painting, pyrography and sanding techniques on wood. The artist engages her work with notions of repetition, graffiti ...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Disconnected Circles - Original Screen Print by Mario Padovan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Disconnected Circles 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
Screen
Mickey Mouse
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Stephen Graham
Mickey Mouse
Black Frame
Swarovski crystals on push pins
2017
South African-born Stephen Graham has been working as an Artist and a Desig...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Board, Pins
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
Optical Composition - Painting by Carlo Montesi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Optical Composition is an original artwork realized by the Italian contemporary master, Carlo Montesi in the 1970s.
In good conditions.
Tempera, oil p...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Cardboard
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
Materials
Screen
USTEOK
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork size 36 x 18 inches. Frame size approx 49 x 30 inches. From the edition of 200.
Certificate of authenticity i...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
V from Double Metamorphosis Series, Large Silkscreen by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928 - )
Title: V from Double Metamorphosis Series
Year: Circa 1979
Medium: Serigraph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 26/180
Image Siz...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
TER-UR
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Sheet size 39 x 30 inches. Image size 24.25 x 24.25 inches. Custom framed as pictured. From the edition of 250.
Additio...
Category
Late 20th Century Op Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Aztec
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Aztec" 1983 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 71/150 in pencil by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen
KELEIDOSCOPE (DIMENSIONAL PIECES OF WOOD WITH MAGNETS)
By Stan Slutsky
Located in Aventura, FL
Original dimensional hand painted wood pieces with magnets attached to circular shaped wood giving illusion of movement.. Hand signed on front and verso by the artist.
Artwork is in...
Category
Early 2000s Op Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Diamonds Floating in Orange
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Julian Stanczak
Diamonds Floating in Orange
1970
Silkscreen
28 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.
Edition of 135
Pencil Signed and Numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shien...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Time from the Mobility Within Series, Agamograph by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928 - )
Title: Time from the Mobility Within Series
Medium: Agamograph, signed and numbered in ink
Edition: 99
Year: circa 2000
Size: 11 x 11.5 in. (2...
Category
Early 2000s Op Art
Materials
Lenticular
Teatro Microbiotico
Located in Long Island City, NY
A serigraph print by Pedro Friedeberg from 1987. A optical abstract image of a surrealist interior.
Artist: Pedro Friedeberg, Mexican (1936 - )
Title: Teatro Microbiotico
Year: 19...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Drippin Paint
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Stephen Graham
Drippin Paint
12" x 20.5"
Swarovski crystals on push pins
2017
South African-born Stephen Graham has been working as an Artist and a Designer in the Art and Creative ...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Board, Pins
FAITH
By Stan Slutsky
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed and titled on verso by the artist. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reas...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“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
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
INFERNO (PAINTING ON WOOD)
By Stan Slutsky
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on wood giving 3D appearance. Hand signed on verso by the artist.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity i...
Category
Late 20th Century Op Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
SPRING (DIMENSIONAL PIECES OF WOOD WITH MAGNETS)
By Stan Slutsky
Located in Aventura, FL
Original dimensional hand painted wood pieces with magnets attached to square shaped wood giving illusion of movement.. Hand signed on front and verso by the artist.
Artwork is in e...
Category
Early 2000s Op Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Spatial Concept I, OP Art Silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren 1969
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Spatial Concept I
Year: 1969
Medium: Silkscreen, signed, titled and numbered in pencil
Edition: 20
Image Size: 17 x 17 inches
Size:...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Screen
in City and in Forest (vibrant colorful pop acid jazz detailed modern optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"in City and in Forest 22" explores the assimilation of aerosol painting, pyrography and sanding techniques on wood. The artist engages her work with notions of repetition, graffiti ...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Patrick Hughes - Jazz, contemporary, op art, optical, reverspective, matisse
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes (b.1939)
Jazz
2016
hand painted multiple with archival inkjet
43.5 x 91.5 x 18.5 cm
edition of 50 plus 10 AP
Price:
£7,200 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT)
Provenance:
Direct f...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Paint, Archival Ink, Inkjet
"Busta" 38x50" illusion on canvas
Located in Southampton, NY
This illusionistic work on canvas titled "Busta" is a collaboration between two artists, Joe Doyle and Diane Rosenblum. The surface of the canvas is completely flat but a remarkable ...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink, Pigment
Exploded View
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Exploded View
Year: 1971
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Image Size: 17 x 17 inches
Size: 20 x 20 in...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Dedicated, from Twelve Progressions
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Julian Stanczak
Dedicated, from Twelve Progressions
1971
26 1/8 x 31 3/4 in.
Edition of 90
Pencil Signed and Numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Agamograph no. 17, Abstract Geometric Op Art Lenticular by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928 - )
Title: Agamograph no. 17
Medium: Agamograph, signed and numbered in ink
Edition: 99
Size: 12 x 12 in. (30.48 x 30.48 cm)
Frame Size: 20.5 x 2...
Category
Early 2000s Op Art
Materials
Lenticular
Big Sur, OP Art Silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren
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
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Split Infinity #B15, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen by Herbert Aach
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...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Patrick Hughes - Walls Have Ears, optical art, reverspective, op art, illusion
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes (b.1939)
Walls have ears
2020
oil on board construction
66.5 x 80.5 x 16 cm
Price:
£66,000 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT)
Provenance:
Direct from the artist's studio
Notes:
...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Board, Oil
Patrick Hughes - Maeght, contemporary, op art, optical, reverspective, fondation
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes (b.1939)
Maeght
2019
hand painted multiple with archival inkjet
45 x 90 x 18 cm
edition of 75 plus 10 AP
Price:
£7,200 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT)
Provenance:
Direct from...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Paint, Archival Ink, Inkjet
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: ...
Category
1980s 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
Cubefield X, OP Art Silkscreen by Marko Spalatin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marko Spalatin, American (1945 - )
Title: Cubefield X
Year: circa 1971
Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 36/60
Image: 24.5 x 19.5 inches
Size: 30.5 x...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Red Mandala, OP Art Silkscreen by Clarence Carter 1969
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Red Mandala
Year: 1969
Medium: Silkscreen on Japon, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 75
Paper Size: 30 in. x 22 ...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Michael Dal Cerro, Soviet Tower City, 2020, Linocut, Urban Landscape, Modern Art
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
Archival Paper, Ink, Linocut
Oscar Reutersvard Original Op Art Pen, Ink & Watercolor Drawing C.1990
Located in San Francisco, CA
Oscar Reutersvard Original Op Art Pen, Ink & Watercolor Drawing C.1990
Dimensions 8" wide x 11" high
Housed in a simple frame - Dimensions 15" wide...
Category
Late 20th Century Op Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Aftermath
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Aftermath" 1981 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 2/150in pencil b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen
Truncate
By Ronald Davis
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Ronald Davis (b.1937) is an American abstract artist best known for his multi-dimensional geometric creations. Born in California, Davis' work embodies the West Coast aesthetic and s...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Radiator" Optical Art Contemporary Painting with Female Figure
By Emily Roz
Located in New York, NY
"Radiator is an evocative contemporary op art painting, depicting a female nude with bullseyes of color and graphic bursts. Emily Roz incorporates a complex palette of pastel colors with contrasting deep violets, reds and golden yellow oranges. The geometric patterns and forms create illusion and optical effects that distorts the background into multi-levels of angles and planes of color. The female figure's skin tone reflects and seems to radiate the glow from the vibrant red and yellow stripes and concentric circles, which reference op art and a 1970's sensibility.
Emily Roz, "Radiator"
acryla gouache on paper, 12 x 16 inches, 2020
Emily Roz (b. 1972, New Haven, CT) is a New York based artist. She has had multiple solo exhibitions at Front Room Gallery...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Carden, OP Art Screenprint by Vasarely
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Victor Vasarely, Hungarian (1908 - 1997)
Title: Carden
Year: 1980
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP
Size: 36.5 x 28 in. (92.71 x 71.12 cm)
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Polar Sea, Op Art Screenprint by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Polar Sea
Year: circa 1983
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 100
Image Size: 18 x ...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Salvador Dali, OP Art Portrait by Yvaral Jean-Pierre Vasarely
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jean-Pierre Vasarely - "Yvaral", French (1934 - 2002)
Title: Salvador Dali
Year: 1977
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Size: 35 in. x 24.5 in. ...
Category
1970s 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.
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