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: 1970s
Zaphir
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Victor Vasarely
Zaphir
c.1970
Screenprint on wove paper
13 x 10 in.
Edition of 50
Pencil signed & numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine A...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Optical Composition - Original Screen Print by Mario Padovan - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Optical Composition is an original colored serigraph realized by Mario Padovan in 1973.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered in pencil on the lower left. Edition 71/10...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
Repeated and Not Repeated- P1, F26, I1, Abstract Screenprint by Josef Albers
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
David Roth, Abstract Screenprint, 1977
By David Roth
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by American artist David Roth. Roth's images are proportioned according to a strict mathematical formula - the pictures are composed according to horizon...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Safe Harbor, Op Art Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Safe Harbor
Year: 1988
Medium: Serigraph, signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil
Edition: 11/100
Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Fugue VII, Abstract Screenprint by Peter Markgraf
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Markgraf, Canadian (1924 - 2008)
Title: Fugue VII
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil
Edition: 56...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Parallel Roads - Original Lithograph by Mario Padovan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Parallel Roads is a beautiful 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 1...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
Puzzle, Abstract Pop Serigraph by Arthur Boden
By Arthur Boden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arthur Boden, American
Title: Puzzle
Year: 1970
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 8/75
Size: 21.5 in. x 21.5 in. (54.61 cm x 54.61 cm)
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Abstract Totem - Original Lithograph by Mario Padovan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Totem is an original colored lithograph realized by Mario Padovan in the 1970s.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered in pencil o...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
Environment (Blue), OP Art Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Environment (Blue)
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP
Image Size: 18 x 18 inches
Size: 2...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Megalopolis, OP Art Painting on Canvas by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Megalopolis
Year: 1972
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 34 x 34 inches
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Intertwining Forms - Grey, Op Art Screenprint by Isaac Inbal
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Isaac Inbal, Moroccan/Israeli (1945 - )
Title: Intertwining Forms - Grey
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 70/150
Size: 25 x 25 in. (...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
USA, Op Art Silkscreen by Jack Brusca
By Jack Brusca
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jack Brusca, American (1939 - 1993)
Title: USA
Year: 1978
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
Image Size: 24 x 24 inches
Size: 28 in. x 26 in...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Megapolis I, OP Art Silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Megapolis I
Year: 1970
Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 100
Image Size: 17 x 17 inches
Size: 20 x 20 in. ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
David Roth, Abstract Painting on Graph Paper, 1971
By David Roth
Located in Long Island City, NY
This acrylic painting was created by American artist David Roth. Roth's images are proportioned according to a strict mathematical formula - the pictures are composed according to horizontal and vertical divisions on the graph paper...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Zeng
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Victor Vasarely
Zeng
c. 1975-1980
Silkscreen
30 3/4 x 30 3/4 in.
Edition of 250
Pencil signed & numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Ar...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Diamond, Op Art Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Diamond
Year: 1970
Edition: AP
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Image Size: 17 x 17 inches
Size: 20 x 20 in. (50.8 ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Josef Levi, "Green, " OP Art Screenprint, 1970
By Josef Levi
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....
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
David Roth, Abstract Screenprint, 1979
By David Roth
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by American artist David Roth. Roth's images are proportioned according to a strict mathematical formula - the pictures are composed according to horizon...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
David Roth, Abstract Painting, 1977
By David Roth
Located in Long Island City, NY
This acrylic painting was created by American artist David Roth. Roth's images are proportioned according to a strict mathematical formula - the pictures are composed according to ho...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
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
Koskota
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Victor Vasarely
Koskota
1976
Silkscreen
24 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.
28/250
Pencil signed and numbered
Condition: This work is in excellent condition. It has never be...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Color
"Exatopia", 1970, Silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Exatopia
Year: 1970
Medium: Silkscreen, signed, titled and numbered in pencil
Edition: 49/150
Image Size: 17 x 16 inches
Size: 20 ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
"Ascension", Op Art Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Ascension
Year: 1978
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 65
Image Size: 24 x 18 inches
Size: 26 x 20 in. (66....
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Sphere 1, Geometric Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Patrice Breteau
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Patrice Breteau, French (1942 - )
Title: Sphere 1
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
Frame: 31.5 x 31.5 inches
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Four Green Shapes in Continuous Space, Surrealist Screenprint by Frank Roth
By Frank Roth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Frank Roth, American (1936 - )
Title: Untitled - Four Green Shapes in Continuous Space
Year: 1978
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 125, AP 30
Image S...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
"Metamorphosis", Op Art Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Metamorphosis
Year: 1974
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 60
Image Size: 24.5 x 18 inches
Size: 26 x 20 i...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Concatenation" OP Art Silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Concatination
Year: 1970
Medium: Silkscreen, signed, titled and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150
Image Size: 18 x 18 inches
Size: 2...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Flirt, OP Art Screenprint by Arthur Boden
By Arthur Boden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arthur Boden
Title: Flirt
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Serigraph on Canvas, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP
Size: 31 x 36 in. (78.74 x 91.44 cm)
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
"Eternal Vigilance", Op Art Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Eternal Vigilance
Year: 1975
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 60
Size: 26 x 20 in. (66.04 x 50.8 cm)
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Checkmate, Op Art 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
"Stereopsis I", 1973, OP Art Silkscreen by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Stereopsis I
Year: 1973
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Image Size: 18 x 18 inches
Size: 20 x 20 in. ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
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
Spacescape II, Screenprint by Rita Simon
By Rita Simon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rita Simon, American (1938 - )
Title: Spacescape II
Year: 1978
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 300, AP 30
Size: 25.5 in. x 36 in. (64.77 cm x ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Desert Icon III, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
This grid of squares and circles quickly folds in on itself and seems to warp the fabric of space around it. Perfectly symmetrical, this print gives the illusion of diving headfirst into an old computer...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Cube Station, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Marko Spalatin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marko Spalatin, American (1945 - )
Title: Cube Station
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 48/50
Image Size: 21 in. (diameter)
Size: 3...
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
David Roth, Abstract Screenprint, 1979
By David Roth
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by American artist David Roth. Roth's images are proportioned according to a strict mathematical formula - the pictures are composed according to horizon...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Aperture, Geometric Abstract Oil Painting by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Aperture
Year: 1976
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed verso
Size: 30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Oil
Green v. 2, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Babe Shapiro
By Babe Shapiro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Babe Shapiro, American (1937 - 2016)
Title: Green v. 2
Year: 1972
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 75
Image Size: 28 x 28 inches
Size: 35 x 35...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
II from the Aquarius Suite, Op Art Screenprint by Stanley William Hayter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Stanley Hayter, British (1901 - 1988)
Title: II from the Aquarius Suite
Year: 1970
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150; AP XXX
Paper Size: 27 x 2...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Cinetique
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Victor Vasarely
Cinetique
1973
Silkscreen in two parts; paper and mylar
12 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.
Edition of 10, numbered in Roman numerals
Signed in ink on...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Mixed Media
John F. Kennedy / Abraham Lincoln
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jean-Pierre Vasarely - "Yvaral" French (1934 - 2002)
Title: John F. Kennedy / Abraham Lincoln
Year: circa 1979
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 145/...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Ovalo Verde, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Jesus Rafael Soto
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jesus Rafael Soto, Venezuelan (1923 - 2005)
Title: Ovalo Verde
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150, AP 25
Paper Si...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Luna
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Luna
Year: 1977
Edition: AP
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Image Size: 17.5 x 17.5 inches
Size: 20 x 20 inches
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Super Star, Op Art Screenprint by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Super Star
Year: 1977
Medium: Serigraph, signed in pencil
Edition: AP
Image Size: 18 x 18 inches
Size: 2...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Cinetique
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Victor Vasarely
Cinetique
1973
Silkscreen in two parts; paper and mylar
12 1/4 x 10 x 1 1/2 in.
Edition of 50, numbered in Roman Numerals
Signed in ink on myl...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled from Gordes
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Victor Vasarely, Hungarian (1908 - 1997)
Title: Untitled from Gordes
Year: 1971
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 48/250
Image Size: 21 x 19 inches
S...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled
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)
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Passage
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011)
Title: Passage
Year: 1976
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Acrylic
Red v. 2, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Babe Shapiro
By Babe Shapiro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Babe Shapiro, American (1937 - 2016)
Title: Red v. 2
Year: 1972
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 99
Image Size: 25 x 25 inches
Size: 35 x 35 in. (88...
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
Blue Hexagons, Geometric Screenprint by Babe Shapiro
By Babe Shapiro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Babe Shapiro, American (1937 - 2016)
Title: Blue Hexagons
Year: 1971
Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil
Edition: AP
Image Size: 30 x 22 inches
Size: 33 x 25 in. (83.8...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Teke
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Victor Vasarely
Teke
c. 1970
Screenprint
34 1/2 x 30 1/2 in.
Edition of 250
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art.
C...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
I from the Aquarius Suite
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Stanley Hayter, British (1901 - 1988)
Title: I from the Aquarius Suite
Year: 1970
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150; AP XXX
Paper Size: 27 x 23...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Sphere 2
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Patrice Breteau, French (1942 - )
Title: Sphere 2
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
Frame: 31.5 x 31.5 inches
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
IV from the Aquarius Suite, by Stanley William Hayter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Stanley Hayter, British (1901 - 1988)
Title: IV from the Aquarius Suite
Year: 1970
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150; AP XXX
Paper Size: 27 x 2...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Entraphy, Abstract Op Art Screenprint by Tony Bechara
By Tony Bechara
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Tony Bechara, Puerto Rican (1942 - )
Title: Entraphy
Year: 1979
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 250, AP 30
Image Size: 27.5 x 20 inches
Size: ...
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.