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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
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

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

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

Roy Ahlgren "Concantenation" Signed Limited Edition Print Op-Art
Located in San Rafael, CA
Roy Ahlgren (American, 1927 - 2011) Concatenation, 1970 Silkscreen (Print), signed, titled and numbered in pencil Edition 31/100 Image Size: 18 x 18 inches Sheet 20.5 in H x 20 in L ...
Category

20th Century Op Art

Materials

Screen

Truncate
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

V from Double Metamorphosis Series, Large Silkscreen 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

OR-VAR
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the edition of 250. Frame size approx 39 x 30 inches. Certificate of authenticity included. Artwork in excellent c...
Category

1980s Op Art

Materials

Paper, 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
Category

1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Mickey Mouse
Located in Atlanta, GA
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

Drippin Paint
Located in Atlanta, GA
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

"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...
Category

1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Peano's Curves - Lithograph - 1993
Located in Roma, IT
Peano's Curves is an original print realized by Bruno Munari in 1993. Mixed colored lithograph. Hand-signed and numbered in pencil on the lower margin. Edition VII/XXX. Printed by...
Category

1990s Op Art

Materials

Lithograph

SBST 2838
Located in Tbilisi, GE
3d construction; Signed; Edition of 100; framed
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Op Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Aftermath
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

Vibration cercles noir et blanc
Located in Tbilisi, GE
wood, steel and serigraph; signed; edition of 15
Category

2010s Op Art

Materials

Steel

MUSIC (DIMENSIONAL PIECES OF WOOD WITH MAGNETS)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original dimensional hand painted wood pieces with magnets attached to a square shaped wood. Hand signed on front and verso by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certif...
Category

Late 20th Century Op Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Split Infinity #B15, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen 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

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

Asistype 10 - boule sur cercle
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Antonio Asis created a series of 20 Monotypes - all unique pieces. Signed Unique
Category

2010s Op Art

Materials

Monotype

Dinamica Circolare 6 S+S
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Edition of 20 - Wood and turning circle - In mint condition - Executed in 2020; Hand-signed at the back
Category

1960s Op Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media

Great American Perspective
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Great American Perspective Year: 1973 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 60 Size: 20.5 x 20.5 in. (52.07 x ...
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

Do It Yourself
Located in London, GB
Hammer and two nails on wood board, 1930, signed in pencil, from an unknown edition size, published by Edition VICE-Versand, Remscheid, Germany, overall sizes: 34 x 16.5 x 7.8 cm. (1...
Category

1930s Op Art

Materials

Wood

SBST 2818
Located in Tbilisi, GE
3D construction; signed; edition of 100; framed
Category

1980s Op Art

Materials

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

Cromovela Tryptich 20
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Signed; Edition of 8
Category

2010s Op Art

Materials

Ceramic

SBST 2823
Located in Tbilisi, GE
3D construction; signed; edition of 100; framed
Category

1990s Op Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Ascension
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

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....
Category

1970s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Infinity #54 (op art curvy monochrome red pen drawing wood detailed oriental)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Cheoluy Kim’s practice examines the blurred frontier between perceived reality and fantasy. His work is informed by a childhood growing up on the border of North and South Korea in Gosung. There, he grew fascinated by all the fauna and flora he observed from his village surrounded by mountains, as well as the air balloons carrying political propaganda. He witnessed everything in the sky. This instilled a deeply rooted reflex to imagine a fantastical world beyond the physical frontiers he was bound by. Cheolyu Kim studied and obtained his master in sculpture, although, his current practice is entirely devoted to pen drawing on either paper or wood. Either bicolored or monochrome, the artist's typically limited chromatic palette gives room for an intense focus on detailed compositions, tonal gradients, and multiple perspectives. Kim’s background in sculpture is evident in the carved-like volumes of the elements in his drawings. Fine moire and cross-hatching are used for textures and shading in the drawn sections while the paper or wood is left fully exposed in other areas. Imaginary fauna and flora abound which contributes to a rather biomorphic aura to his work. All the while, indigenous, modern and futuristic architectural structures are erected and confuse any sense of fixed temporality. Rather, it projects us into a phantasmagorical universe where past, present and future collapse into one. Some perspectives are even skewed disrupting our contemplation. Totemic poles, origami-shaped creatures, and aquatic vegetation coexist fluidly in Kim’s oniric visions. His fine-detailed patterned dreamscapes engage the viewer actively; we are called upon to discover how do all the various entities interact over the multiple receding planes building up to Cheolyu's surrealist ecosystems. keywords; wood, pencil, rings, circles, moire, highly detailed, geometric abstraction, intentionally exposed support, line form and color, monochrome, curvilinear forms, Korean art, dynamism, contemporary minimalism, graphism, repetition, engaged with traditional Korean art...
Category

2010s Op Art

Materials

Birch, Wood Panel, Pen

Interferences cercles de couleurs
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Dood and serigraph; signed; framed Edition size: 15
Category

2010s Op Art

Materials

Wood

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

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...
Category

1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

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

s/t 2
Located in Tbilisi, GE
In wooden frame. Actual work is 50cm x 50cm x 2cm; medium - paper, signature in pencil at the front; signed; unframed; Edition of 50
Category

2010s Op Art

Materials

Mixed Media

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

SBST 2839
Located in Tbilisi, GE
3d construction; signed; edition of 100; framed
Category

Early 2000s Op Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Asistype 4 - boule sur cercle
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Antonio Asis created a series of 20 Monotypes - all unique pieces; signed
Category

2010s Op Art

Materials

Steel

Interferences cercles rouge et blanc
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Wood and serigraph; signed Edition size: 15
Category

2010s Op Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media

JALONS VI
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper from Jalons portfolio. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size 25.75 x 24.5 inches. Sheet size 33.25 x 29.75 inches. From the main edition of 250. Add...
Category

1980s Op Art

Materials

Paper, 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

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
Category

1980s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Dawn of a New Era
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Dawn of a New Era" 1980 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, date...
Category

Mid-20th Century Op Art

Materials

Screen

Terrestrial Decade
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Terrestrial Decade" 1982 is a color serigraph on wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 65/130 ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Op Art

Materials

Screen

Mesa
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Mesa" 1985 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 66/130 in pencil by t...
Category

Mid-20th Century Op Art

Materials

Screen

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

Composition Microcosmos IV
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Victor Vasarely Composition Microcosmos IV 1980 Screenprint 13 x 10 in. Edition of 50 Pencil signed and numbered Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fin...
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

Red Pentagons
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...
Category

1970s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Kinetic, geometric op-art modern painting "Autunno Cinetico"
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

2010s Op Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

MOSTRA Abstract chromatism in round shape
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 196...
Category

2010s Op Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Oscillation
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

Josef Levi, "Green, " OP Art Screenprint, 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

Modern Green, White & Black Abstract Geometric Kimono Collagraph, Masterplate #1
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique mixed media work created from a Master plate for collagraph printmaking, featuring a bold and modern geometric kimono shape in green, white, and black, by Patricia A. Pearce (...
Category

1980s Op Art

Materials

Silk, Masonite, Ink, Acrylic, Gesso

Repeated and Not Repeated- P1, F26, I1, Abstract Screenprint by Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josef Albers Portfolio: Formulation: Articulation (Double Portfolio) Title: Portfolio 1, Folder 26, Image 1 Year: 1972 Medium: Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper ...
Category

1970s Op Art

Materials

Screen

Six Mile Bottom
Located in Toronto, Ontario
This fantastic minimal and mesmerizing Frank Stella print relates to one his most famous works, now in the permanent collection of the Tate Modern (London). The hypnotic form was fi...
Category

1970s Op Art

Materials

Lithograph

KELEIDOSCOPE (DIMENSIONAL PIECES OF WOOD WITH MAGNETS)
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

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

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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