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.
Compounded Red
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and numbered in pencil Publisher: Eugene Shuster, London Arts Printer: Vistec Graphics, Rochester, New York Stamp verso: London Arts Copyright 1980 Edition: 175 (85/175)
Screen
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
Wash Art 1978, Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yaakov Agam (1928), after Title: Wash Art Year: 1978 Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Size: 38.5 x 23.25 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Autographed in colored ink ...
Screen
Michael Dal Cerro, End of the Line, 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, architecture, and transforming ...
Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut
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, architecture, and transforming ...
Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut
$435
Michael Dal Cerro, Metropolis in Symmetry, 2019, Linocut, Urban Landscape
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, architecture, and transforming ...
Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut
Michael Dal Cerro, Stepped Cubes, 2019, Linocut, Urban Landscape
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, architecture, and transforming ...
Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut
Michael Dal Cerro, Form Follows Function, 2020, Linocut, Urban Landscape, Modern
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, architecture, and transforming ...
Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut
Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled" c.1980, is an original colors screen print on Arches paper by renown Hungarian artist Victor Vasarely, 1906-1997. It is hand signed and numbered CXCIX/CCL in...
Screen
Orion, Geometric OP Art Serigraph by Tony Bechara
By Tony Bechara
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Tony Bechara, Puerto Rican (1942 - ) Title: Orion Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Image Size: 26 x 19 inches Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (...
Screen
Tokyo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Victor Vasarely, Hungarian, 1906-1997 Title: Tokyo Year: 1982 Medium: Color serigraph Edition: Numbered 180/250 in pencil Paper: Wove Image size: 25.5 x 25.5 inches Framed s...
Screen
Untitled, Geometric Abstract Acrylic Painting by David Shapiro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: David Shapiro (American, b. 1944) Title: Untitled Year: 1978 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated l.l. Size: 12 in. x 95 in. (30.48 cm x 241.3 cm)
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,840Sale Price|20% Off
"splash" - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"splash" - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Bold abstract splatter composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Layers of pa...
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Michael Dal Cerro, Entryway, 2020, Linocut, Urban Landscape, Modern
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...
Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut
"The Interaction of Color Plate XIV-4" Screenprint in Colors on Paper, 1973
By Josef Albers
Located in Astoria, NY
Josef Albers (German/American, 1888-1976), "The Interaction of Color Plate XIV-4", Screenprint in Colors on Paper, 1973, published by Josef Keller Verlag, Starnberg, black frame. I...
Screen
Laudis End
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Laudis End" 1981 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 90/99 in pencil...
Screen
Doric Game XX, Geometric Abstract Screenprint 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...
Screen
Blue Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Composition in a screenprint realized by Victor Debach in 1970s. 50x70 cm. Limited edition of 100. Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin. Excellent condition.
Screen
Spur, OP Art Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Jurgen Peters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Spur Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP Image Size: 20 x 31.5 inches Size: 24 in. x ...
Screen
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...
Screen
Thunder Bay
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Thunder Bay" 1986 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 14/95 in penci...
Screen
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...
Screen
Mao18, Colorful OP Art Silkscreen by Ryo Tokita
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original hand-signed and numbered (edition 17/50) silkscreen by Ryo Tokita. Ryo Tokita is a Japanese born artist who emigrated to the United States in 1...
Screen
Exploded view
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Exploded View" 1971 is a color serigraph by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and inscribed A.P (Artist Proof) in pen...
Screen
Helios Blues - Geometric Oil Painting in Op Art and Hard-Edge Tradition
By Piicasa
Located in Manchester, GB
Piicasa, Helios Blues, 2023 Spray Paint on Wood Oil on Canvas 100 x 100 cm (39.37 x 39.37 in) Unsigned Callum Simmons, aka Piicasa creates a series of paintings with contrasting...
Canvas, Oil
Luminance Flux - Geometric Oil Painting in Op Art and Hard-Edge Tradition
By Piicasa
Located in Manchester, GB
Piicasa, Luminance Flux, 2023 Spray Paint on Wood Oil on Canvas 100 x 100 cm (39.37 x 39.37 in) Unsigned Callum Simmons, aka Piicasa creates a series of paintings with contrasti...
Canvas, Oil
The Fifty Years 6 "Camocim"
Located in OPOLE, PL
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) - The Fifty Years 6 ""Camocim"" Silkscreen / Serigraph from 1989. Edition of 100. Dimensions of work: 70 x 57 cm The work is in Excellent condition. ...
Screen
Red II, OP Art Screenprint on Panel by Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930 - ) Title: Untitled - Red Year: 1991 Medium: Silkscreen on Panel mounted to Silkscreened Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 6...
Screen
Winter, Rainbow OP Art Screenprint by James Norman
By James Norman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: James Norman, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Winter Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 40/50 Image Size: 22 x 32 inches Size: 25 x 38 in. (...
Screen
"Hat B"
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: offset lithograph (after Vasarely). Printed in 1972 in Neuchatel, Switzerland on thick, high-gloss paper and published by Editions du Griffon for the "Vasarely Progressions 1...
Offset
Agam Silkscreen Jerusalem Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
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 ...
Lithograph, Screen
Zeta
Located in OPOLE, PL
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) - Zeta Silkscreen / Serigraph from 1969. Edition III/VIII. Dimensions of work: 46 x 40 cm. Hand signed. Reference: Catalogue Raisonné Vol I par Pedro...
Screen
Orom "Denfert"
Located in OPOLE, PL
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) - Orom ""Denfert"" Silkscreen / Serigraph from 1969. Dimensions of work: 46 x 40 cm. Hand signed. The work is in Excellent condition.
Screen
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
"Involution - Union 4B" Original Large-Scale Abstract Woodcut by Kazumi Amano
Located in Soquel, CA
"Involution - Union 4B" Original Large-Scale Abstract Woodcut by Kazumi Amano Stunning Op-Art checkered color woodblock by Kazumi Amano (Japanese, 1927-2...
Paper, Ink
Caroni
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprint on heavy white wove paper, 1971. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered 146/175 in pencil, lower left. Published by Denise René and Hans Meyer, Pa...
Screen, Color
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...
Screen
$8,400Sale Price|20% Off
Le Legende (Marilyn Monroe), Yvaral
By Yvaral (Jean-Pierre Vasarely)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yvaral, Jean-Pierre Vasarely (1934-2002) Title: Le Legende (Marilyn Monroe) Year: 1990 Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Edition: 12/100, plus proofs Size: 31 x 23.5 inches C...
Screen
Markab, from Album I, OP Art Serigraph by Vasarely 1955
Located in Long Island City, NY
Victor Vasarely, Hungarian (1908–1997) Date: 1955 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 124/150 Image Size: 16 x 22 inches Size: 20 x 25.75 in. (50.8 x 65.41 cm)
Screen
Peano Curves - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
By Bruno Munari
Located in Roma, IT
Triptych for Munari is an print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Mixed colored screen print on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand-signed and numbered in pencil on the lower margin. E...
Screen
Solar Calendar VI, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Lothar Quinte
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lothar Quinte, Polish (1923 - 2000) - Solar Calendar VI, Portfolio: Solar Calendar (Sonnenzyklus Kalender), Year: 1970, Medium: Screenprint on heavy stock, signed and numbered in ...
Screen
Pinwheel, Op Art Screenprint 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...
Screen
Solar Calendar II, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Lothar Quinte
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lothar Quinte, Polish (1923 - 2000) - Solar Calendar II, Portfolio: Solar Calendar (Sonnenzyklus Kalender), Year: 1970, Medium: Screenprint on heavy stock, signed and numbered in ...
Screen
Tecoma Lithograph by Victor Vasarely, Op Art, Signed, 1972, Framed
Located in Roma, IT
Tecoma is a wonderful colored lithograph with a black, blue, pink abstract composition realized by Victor Vasarely in 1972. The plate is from the portfolio Octal edited by Bruckmann...
Lithograph
Limited Edition Architecture Kinetic Op Art Screen Print Lithograph Pol Bury
By Pol Bury
Located in Surfside, FL
Pol Bury (Belgian, 1922-2005) screen print Hand signed and numbered 27/ 62 in pencil Dimensions: 17.5 X 24.25 inches. (sheet size) Provenance: Published by Lefebre Gallery, New York. lithographie en couleurs. Signées et numérotées 27/62. This is just for the print. the title sheet is just included for reference. Pol Bury (1922 – 2005) was a Belgian sculptor who began his artistic career as a painter in the Jeune Peintre Belge (along with Willy Anthoons, James Ensor, Odette Collon, Pierre Alechinsky, Jo Delahaut and Jean Rets...
Lithograph, Screen
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...
Screen
Gamut, Abstract Geometric Op Art Screenprint by Mark Rowland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mark Rowland (American, 1953 - ) Title: Gamut Medium: Screenprint, signed, dated, and titled in pencil Edition 214/300 Size: 30 x 30 in. (76.2 x ...
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. Edition 18/100 Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin. Excell...
Screen
Our MC Hand Signed Serigraph, Op Art, Framed, AP Edition, 1960s
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph in colors on paper. Hand signed lower right by Victor Vasarely. Hand numbered AP lower left (there is also a main edition of 300). Sheet size: 26 x 25.5 inches. Image s...
Paper, Screen
Untitled V, Op Art Abstract Geometric Pencil Drawing David Roth
By David Roth
Located in Long Island City, NY
This colored pencil drawing was created by American artist David Roth. Roth's images are proportioned according to a strict mathematical formula - the pictures are composed according...
Paper, Color Pencil
$3,800Sale Price|20% Off
Metagalaxie, Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) Title: Metagalaxie Year: 1989 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 103/250, plus proofs Size: 32 x 27.55 inches Condition: Good Inscription...
Screen
Blue and Red Spirals, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Getulio Alviani
Located in Long Island City, NY
While you might not have heard of Getulio Alviani, he was very popular among the other Op Artists of his time. Jesus Rafael Soto asked Alviani to be th...
Screen
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:...
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 7/100 Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin. Excellent conditions.
Screen
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
Pink Composition, Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) Title: Pink Composition Year: Circa 1982 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 217/300, plus proofs Size: 27.5 x 20.25 inches Condition: Goo...
Screen
Untitled 25, Framed Abstract Geometric Op Art Screenprint by David Roth
By David Roth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Luminous Op Art print by David Roth. Nicely matted and framed in black. Untitled 25 David Roth, American (1942) Date: 1979 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 150 ...
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...
Screen
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
Vega Blue, Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) Title: Vega Blue Year: Circa 1982 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 190/300, plus proofs Size: 30 x 22 inches Condition: Good Inscriptio...
Screen
Sun in Clouds, Large Geometric Abstract Acrylic Painting by Max Epstein
By Max Epstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Max Epstein, Canadian (1932 - 2002) Title: Untitled Year: 1973 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 67 x 67 inches Frame Size: 68 x 68 in. (172.72 x 172.72...
Acrylic
K-GRBB, Op Art Screenprint by Josef Levi
By Josef Levi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Josef Levi, American (1938 - ) - K-GRBB, Year: 1971, Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, titled and dated, Edition: 1/2, Image Size: 28 x 28 inches, Size: 32 x 32 in. (81.28 x 81....
Screen
Square Variables VI
By Todd Smith
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.
Lithograph
$33,750
Alom-I Yellow/Yellow Print, large hand signed BASF Luran mounted on aluminum
Located in Aventura, FL
BASF Luran mounted on aluminum. Hand signed lower front by Victor Vasarely; Signed, titled, dated and numbered on label to verso. From the edition of 8. Additional images availa...
Mixed Media