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
Period: 1980s
Two Tigers on Green
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Victor Vasarely, Hungarian (1908 - 1997)
Title: Two Tigers on Green
Year: 1980
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 250, CL
I...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Untitled. Original color silkscreen, cca. 1980. Edition of 250 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Victor Vasarely was a French painter of Hungarian origin. Influenced b...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
FILLE FLEUR
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper.. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size 25.75 x 16 inches. Sheet size 30.5 x 19.5 inches. Frame size approx 37 x 26 inches. From the main edition of...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Untitled
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Untitled. Original color silkscreen, cca. 1980. Edition of 250 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Victor Vasarely was a French painter of Hungarian origin. Influenced b...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Space Sounds no.3
Located in Long Island City, NY
Space Sounds no.3
Evelyn B. Johnson
Date: circa 1980
Screenprint, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil
Edition of 7/25
Image Size: 28 x 21 inches
Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Lattice - Screen Print by V. Vasarely - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Lattice is a contemporary artwork realized by Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) in 1978.
Silkscreen in colors on wove paper.
Hand signed on the lower right.
Includes frame.
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Doric Game IV, Abstract Screenprint by Evelyn B. Johnson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Evelyn B. Johnson was an American Optical artist. Her work specialized in striking geometric abstract forms in bright colors whose shading mimics the effects of neon lighting. These ...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Doric Game XX, Geometric Abstract by Evelyn B. Johnson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Doric Game XX
Evelyn B. Johnson
Date: circa 1980
Screenprint, signed, numbered and titled in pencil
Edition of 7/25
Image Size: 38 x 28.5 inches
Size: 41.5 x 29.5 in. (105.41 x 74.93...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Skylight XXXVII
Located in Long Island City, NY
Skylight XXXVII
Evelyn B. Johnson
Date: circa 1980
Screenprint, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil
Edition of 9/25
Image Size: 36 x 26 inches
Size: 41.5 x 30 in. (105.41 x 76.2 cm)
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Skylight XXX
Located in Long Island City, NY
Skylight XXX
Evelyn B. Johnson
Date: circa 1980
Screenprint, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil
Edition of 14/30
Image Size: 38 x 28.5 inches
Size: 41.5 x 29.5 in. (105.41 x 74.9...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Skylight XVII
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
Skylight XXXIII
Located in Long Island City, NY
Skylight XXXIII
Evelyn B. Johnson
Date: 1982
Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated and titled in pencil
Edition of 18/25
Image Size: 35 x 28 inches
Size: 42 x 30 in. (106.68 x 76.2 cm)
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
2 +3 = 4, 1981
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Yaacov Agam 2 +3 = 4, 1981 offers another excellent example of the artist’s ability to induce the illusion of movement through color and pattern. By combining a multicolor palette wi...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Mixed Media
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...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Pinwheel, Framed OP Art Silkscreen by Jurgen Peters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - )
Title: Pinwheel
Year: 1980
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 14/250
Image Size: 24 x 24 inches
Size: 27 in. x...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Yellow Filtration, 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: Yellow Filtration
Year: 1981
Medium: Screen...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Cosca II “VP 100”
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cosca II “VP 100”
Screen print, 1982
Signed and numbered by the artist (see photo of signature)
Edition: 325 plus 65 Vasarely Foundation (127/325)
Editor: no editor/publisher is prov...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
EREBUS (CRYSTAL SCULPTURE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Molded crystal sculpture made for Rosenthal studio-line, Germany. Etched signature "Vasarely" on the reverse. Identified and numbered 485/2000 on ...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Glass
COMPOSITION
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size 35.5 x 20 inches. Frame size approx 49 x 32 inches. From the edition of 250.
Certificate of authenticity i...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
DOOR-MC
Located in Fairlawn, OH
DOOR-MC
Screen print, 1982
Signed and numbered in pencil
Printed on Arches wove paper
Published by Atelier Arcay, Paris
Edition: 325 (47/325)
Reference Benavides & Vasarely No. 894
C...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
"Staircases Falling Out, " Adrianne Wortzel, Blue and Gold Abstract Op Art
Located in New York, NY
Adrianne Wortzel (American, b. 1941)
Staircases Falling Out, 1987
Acrylic on paper
22 x 30 inches
Signed and titled on the reverse
Provenance:
Webb & Parsons, New Canaan, Connecticu...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled #4 (black w/ green square in center)
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Victor Vasarely
Untitled #4 (black w/ green square in center)
c.1980
Screenprint
12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.
Edition of 50 F.V.
Pencil signed & numbered
Accompa...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Trespass, 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: Trespass
Year: 1981
Medium: Screenprint, si...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Sequential Chroma, 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: Sequential Chroma
Year: 1981
Medium: Screen...
Category
1980s 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
Conferring Blue
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Julian Stanczak
Conferring Blue
1981
Screenprint
25 x 25 in.
Edition of 175
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Continuity - Original Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1980s
By Bruno Munari
Located in Roma, IT
Continuity is an original Screen Print on paper realized by Bruno Munari in 1980s.
Very good condition on a white cardboard.
No signature nor edition number.
Bruno Munari (October...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Let It Be Orange
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Julian Stanczak
Let It Be Orange
1981
Screenprint
25 3/4 x 25 3/4 in.
Edition of 175
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled Sculpture, 1987
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1987, this original acrylic on wood sculpture is hand signed by Victor Vasarely (Pécs, 1906 - Paris, 1997)in black ink in the lower centerand numbered from the edition of ...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Inward Yellow Filtration
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Julian Stanczak
Inward Yellow Filtration
1981
Screenprint
25 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.
Edition of 175
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg S...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Compounded Red
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Julian Stanczak
Compounded Red
1981
Screenprint
26 x 26 in.
Edition of 175
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Cubic Relationship (Op Art, Kinetic Composition)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Victor Vasarely
Cubic Relationship
Medium: Serigraph on Arches Paper
Year: 1982
Edition: 325
Image Size: 21.5 H x 19.125 W inches
Visible Sheet Size: 23.5 H x 21.5 W inches
Frame Size: 34.5 H x 31.5 W inches
Signed and numbered by hand
Framed
COA provided
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Victor Vasarely (French, 9 April 1906– 15 March 1997), was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader of the Op art movement.
His work entitled Zebra, created in 1937, is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Op art.
Vasarely was born in Pécs and grew up in Pöstyén (now Piešťany, Slovakia) and Budapest, where, in 1925, he took up medical studies at Eötvös Loránd University. In 1927, he abandoned medicine to learn traditional academic painting at the private Podolini-Volkmann Academy. In 1928/1929, he enrolled at Sándor Bortnyik's private art school called Műhely (lit. "Workshop", in existence until 1938), then widely recognized as Budapest's centre of Bauhaus studies...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Kettes, 1984
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1984, this hand painted acrylic on wood sculpture is hand signed by Victor Vasarely (Pécs, 1906 - Paris, 1997) in ink in the lower right. This work is also numbered 48/175...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
FILLE FLEUR (SILVER)
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper.. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size 25.75 x 16 inches. Sheet size 29.75 x 19.5 inches. Rare silver version. From the roman numeral edition of 15...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Split Infinity #4BS, 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
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
World Friendship - Original OP Art Acrylic Painting - Handsigned - 1987
Located in Paris, FR
Victor VASARELY
World Friendship (Fay Koez), 1980
Original acrylic painting
Handsigned at the lower middle
Signed, titled, dated and listed on the back
On canvas 60 x 60 cm (c. 24 x...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Acrylic
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
Holld (Moiré Tower), 1989
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1989, this acrylic and silkscreen sculpture is hand-signed by Victor Vasarely (Pécs, 1906 – Paris, 1997) in black ink in the lower right. Numbered from the edition of 75 i...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Glass, Lucite, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"Pinwheel, " 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
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
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
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
Solitude, OP Art Seascape by Roy Ahlgren
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...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Skyscrapers, OP Art silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Skyscrapers
Roy Ahlgren
American (1927–2011)
Date: circa 1980
Screenprint, estate stamp on verso
Image Size: 10 x 10 inches
Size: 13 x 13 in. (33.02 x 33.02 cm)
Category
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...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Embryo, Geometric Abstract Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
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...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Message of Peace, Abstract Print by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yaacov Agam
Title: Message of Peace
Year: 1988
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 300
Paper Size: 40 x 31 inches
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Hydra, OP Art silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hydra
Roy Ahlgren, American (1927–2011)
Date: 1980
Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil
Edition of 17/50
Image Size: 17 x 23 inches
Size: 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66...
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.
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