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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
Period: 1990s
Island Jewel, Unique Cut Glass OP Art Sculpture by Jon Kuhn
Located in Long Island City, NY
A polished glass sculpture by Joh Kuhn from 1992. A spectacular sculpture of crystal clear glass that forms a complicated prism in which light is reflected in a multitude of optical ...
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1990s Op Art

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Glass

Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Carlos Cruz Diez "Untitled", 1994 Serigraph on paper. Framed Ed. AP Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist at the bottom of the paper 39 x 27 in
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1990s Op Art

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Lithograph

Ilile D
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ilile D Screen print, 1990 Signed lower right (see photo) Numbered lower left (see photo) Edition: 300 plus 50 EA Published by Circle Art Gallery Reference: Benavides 1116 Condition:...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

VICTOR VASARELY - OEUVRES PROFONDES CINETIQUES VIII - 1973
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Victor Vasarely Title: Profound Works VIII Year: 1973 Not signed or numbered, as published Dimensions: 12 in. by 12 in. Framed Edition: From the Rare Limited Edition Publisher: Editions du Griffon Neuchatel Suite: Profound Works Medium: 3D, Serigraph on Acitate Over Serigraph on Paper Condition: Excellent Victor Vasarely (French/Hungarian, 1906–1997) is known as the father of the Op Art movement. As a painter, he created intricate abstractions that suggested depth and dimensionality using a variety of optical illusions, with surfaces seeming to bulge out of the canvas. His works present color, form, and pattern as a single interconnected element—a concept that was critical to the foundation of the Op Art movement and the focus of his mature works. Vasarely initially studied medicine at the Budapest University in his early 20s, only to abandon his medical studies to attend to the Muhely Academy, the center of the Bauhaus movement in Budapest. While there, he was profoundly influenced by the work of color theorist and artist Josef Albers, as well as the Constructivist methods promoted by artists such as Wassily Kandinsky. While Vasarely’s earlier work was concerned more with color theory, during the 1950s and 1960s his work became more focused on the optical potential of the two-dimensional surface. He began to use complex and colorful patterns to actively engage the viewer’s eye, and to convey a sense of kinetic energy across the two-dimensional surface. Vasarely’s work was heavily influenced by his time spent at Breton Beach of Belle Isle...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Le Legende (Marilyn Monroe), Yvaral
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...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Grey tinted Rainbow (Geometric Abstraction) dazzling Op Art framed assemblage
Located in New York, NY
RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ Grey Tinted Rainbow, 1992 Assemblage with 14 Color Silkscreen and Lithograph Edition of 40 Pencil signed and numbered 11/40 on the front Frame included: elegantl...
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1990s Op Art

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Lithograph, Screen, Mixed Media, Pencil

Annual Edition, 1994
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Annual Edition, 1994 Screen print, 1994 Signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Small edition Dedicated in pencil by the artist "For Bart and Ann" Created as a gift to the artist'...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Untitled
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Original color silkscreen, 1998. Edition of 108 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper. Sol LeWitt was a well-known American Conceptual and Minimal artist. He is famous for ...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Carlos Cruz-Diez ( 1923 – 2019 ) – hand-signed Serigraphy on Arches paper – 1994
Located in Varese, IT
color serigraphy on Arches paper, edited in 1994 Limited Edition of 130 copies signed and dated in pencil by artist in lower right and numbered 83/130 lower left Paper size: 100 x 70...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen, Paper

Agam Original Marker Drawing Colorful Spirals Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam, Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed and dated This is a great example of bold, graphic, mod design. Along with Reuven Rubin and Menashe Kadishman he is among Israel's best kn...
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1990s Op Art

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Archival Paper, Permanent Marker

Hayward Gallery (Blaze 4) Poster /// Bridget Riley Abstract Geometric Striped Op
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Bridget Riley (English, 1931-) Title: "Hayward Gallery (Blaze 4)" Year: 1992 Medium: Original Screenprint, Exhibition Poster on heavy wove paper Limited edition: Unkn...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Grey Tinted Rainbow
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition on hand is HC 2/3. Printed at Graphicstudio in Florida, this combination print by Richard Anuszkiewicz was printed with a set of two other editions in 1991. This work is comp...
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1990s Op Art

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Lithograph, Screen

Canopic Prestidigitation
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Over the course of her prolific and radical career, Nancy Graves became a master of translating the primary data of soft science disciplines such as archaeology and anthropology into empirically informed, expressive works, such as "Canopic Prestidigitation." A large-scale, 23-color lithograph, Canopic Prestidigitation is as technically masterful as it is conceptually layered. Graves combines the Egyptian visual lexicon of the afterlife and allusions to European Renaissance masterworks to catalyze heuristic understandings of cross-cultural communication—Figures rendered in the hybridized profile-portrait style of Egyptian hieroglyphs float through a swirling and subtle maze of neo-classical architectural suggestions, while a disembodied hand reminiscent of Michelangelo’s "The Creation of Adam" reaches out through a frothing red portal. A cast-paper representation of Horus perches in the bottom right corner of the work, a nod to the symbolic language of the print and Graves’ multi-disciplined artistic approach. When read together, the elements of Canopic Prestidigitation become an artistic interpretation of the intangible qualities of social science...
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1990s Op Art

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Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Lithograph

World, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Takaaki Matsumoto
Located in Long Island City, NY
A geometric abstract print by Japanese artist Takaaki Matsumoto. World Takaaki Matsumoto, Japanese (1954) Date: 1991 Screenprint Edition of 54 Size: 24 x 24 in. (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Sixties, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Takaaki Matsumoto
Located in Long Island City, NY
A geometric abstract print by Japanese artist Takaaki Matsumoto. Sixties Takaaki Matsumoto, Japanese (1954) Date: 1991 Screenprint Edition of 68 Size: 24 x 24 in. (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam Israeli (b. 1928) Hommage aux Prix Nobel (1974) Serigraph signed lower right, numbered 85/100 sheet: 22 x 29 3/4 inches frame dimensions: 28 x 35 1/2 x 1 inches, wood fra...
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1990s Op Art

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Lithograph, Screen

Cloud, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Takaaki Matsumoto
Located in Long Island City, NY
A geometric abstract print by Japanese artist Takaaki Matsumoto. Cloud Takaaki Matsumoto, Japanese (1954) Date: 1991 Screenprint Edition of 125 Size: 24 x 24 in. (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Flat, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Takaaki Matsumoto
Located in Long Island City, NY
A geometric abstract print by Japanese artist Takaaki Matsumoto. Flat Takaaki Matsumoto, Japanese (1954) Date: 1991 Screenprint Edition of 55 Size: 24 x 24 in. (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Computer, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Takaaki Matsumoto
Located in Long Island City, NY
A geometric abstract print by Japanese artist Takaaki Matsumoto. Computer Takaaki Matsumoto, Japanese (1954) Date: 1991 Screenprint Edition of 198 Size: 24 x 24 in. (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Yellow, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Takaaki Matsumoto
Located in Long Island City, NY
A bright yellow geometric abstract print by Japanese artist Takaaki Matsumoto. Yellow Takaaki Matsumoto, Japanese (1954) Date: 1991 Screenprint Edition of 89 Size: 24 x 24 in. (60....
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Red with Green, 1990 print by OpArt Cleveland artist Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930-2020) Red with Green, 1990 Silkscreen on paper Signed and dated lower right, numbered 8/20 lower left 13.75 x 14.25 inches 23.75 x 24 inches, framed Richard Anuszkiewicz was born in Erie, Pennsylvania to Polish immigrants. While at the Cleveland Institute of Art, he studied plein-air painting with Henry Hensche. After winning a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship in 1953, Anuszkiewicz attended Yale University where he studied under Josef Albers. While at Yale he studied alongside fellow Cleveland Op artist Julian Stanczak. After receiving his M.F.A. at Yale, Anuszkiewicz went on to Kent State University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education. At just age 23, his work was exhibited at the May Show at the Cleveland Institute of Art. He was given his first solo show in March 1960 in New York. Because of his early success, Anuszkiewicz had the freedom to pursue his ideas creatively. Anuszkiewicz was one of the leading artists of the Op Art movement during the 1960s and 1970s. His style is distinctive for its high-intensity colors that he applies to geometric configurations. Many of Anuszkiewicz works are reminiscent of Josef Albers paintings...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Negative-Positive - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Negative-Positive is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Good condition. Bruno Muna...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Negative-Positive - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Negative-Positive is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Good condition. Bruno Muna...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Negative-Positive - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Negative-Positive is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Good condition. Bruno Muna...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Peano Curves - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
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...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Peano Curves - Original Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Peano Curves is an original Serigraph realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Excellent condition. Bruno Munari (...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Peano Curves - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Peano Curves is an original Serigraph realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Excellent condition. Bruno Munari (...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Agam Silkscreen Judaica Kiddush Cup Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a revolving colorful kiddush cup with a signed and numbered Agam op art print in it. this includes the base tray. There is no cup insert so it is more of a sculptural piece ...
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1990s Op Art

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Metal

Peano Curves - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Peano Curves is an original Serigraph realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Excellent condition. Bruno Munari (...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Negative-Positive - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Negative-Positive is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Good condition. Bruno Munar...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Peano Curves - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Peano Curves is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Excellent condition. Bruno Munar...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Rivotril, 1990
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1990, this original color serigraph is hand signed by Victor Vasarely (Pécs, 1906 - Paris, 1997) in pencil in the lower right margin. Numbered 270/300, this piece was prin...
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1990s Op Art

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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...
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1990s Op Art

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Lithograph

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.)
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1990s Op Art

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Wood, Acrylic

Negative - Positive - Lithograph - 1993
Located in Roma, IT
Negative - Positive 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...
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1990s Op Art

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Lithograph

Colourful, op-art, modern painting "Movimenti Cinetici"
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...
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1990s Op Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Negative - Positive - Lithograph - 1993
Located in Roma, IT
Negative - Positive 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 ...
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1990s Op Art

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Lithograph

Untitled
By John Kalymnios
Located in White Plains, NY
'Untitled' by John Kalymnios, 1999. Pantone ink on paper, 78.5 x 51.25 in. (framed). This geometric op art drawing features bands of concentric circles with the full spectrum colors ...
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1990s Op Art

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Ink, Archival Paper

Island Jewel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A polished glass sculpture by Joh Kuhn from 1992. A spectacular sculpture of crystal clear glass that forms a complicated prism in which light is reflected in a multitude of optical ...
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1990s Op Art

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Glass

Waste Paper
Located in Tallinn, EE
Waste Paper 1991. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 45/75 in pencil. . Screenprint in colours on wove. 71 x 49 cm. «When the principles of perspective are reversed and solidified ...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Good Morning
Located in Tallinn, EE
Good Morning Signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'AP' in pencil. 1990. An artist's proof aside from the numbered edition of 75. Screenprint in colourson wove. 71 x 49 cm.
 «When...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Peano Curves - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Peano Curves is aì screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Edition 12/100. Very Good condition. Bru...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Negative-Positive - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Negative-Positive is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Good condition. Bruno Muna...
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1990s Op Art

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Screen

Negative-Positive - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Negative-Positive is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Good condition. Bruno Munar...
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1990s Op Art

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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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