Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.
ORIGINS OF POP ART
CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART
POP ARTISTS TO KNOW
ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS
The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.
Richard Hamilton’s 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style.
Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.
Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.
Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.
Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.
Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.
$1,051Sale Price|20% Off
God Bless America, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: God Bless America Year: 2002 Edition: 201/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on archival paper Size: 12.5 x 9 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription...
Lithograph
$308
Burger Painting Fast Food Original Artwork Cheeseburger Realism Art by Marina
Located in Zofingen, AG
This original oil painting celebrates one of the most recognizable comfort foods in modern culture—the classic cheeseburger. Richly textured and full of character, the artwork transf...
Acrylic, Cardboard, Oil
"Lovers" Tom Otterness, Pop Art, Stylized, Contemporary Erotic Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Tom Otterness Lovers, 1992 Incised with the artist's initials and inscribed AP 5/10 on the underside Bronze 4 3/8 x 4 x 3 1/2 inches Tom Otterness (born 1952) is an American sculpt...
Bronze
Cloned Chihuahua with colored head.
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
Unique Signed and numbered 1/1 ex. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide. William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1949, unites dadaism with surrealism an...
Silver, Bronze
Keith Haring Bearbrick 400% set of 2 works (Haring BE@RBRICK)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Bearbrick 400% (set of 2 works): Unique, timeless collectibles trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Keith Haring. This Bearbrick set reveals Keith Haring's iconic art...
Resin, Vinyl
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
KAWS - Companion - Brown version- MOMA 2017 - Painted Cast Vinyl
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
KAWS's cartoonish style—including his best-known characters with X-ed out eyes—has its roots in his early career as a street artist, when he began replacing advertisements with his o...
Resin, Vinyl
$23,600
Angel with Heart Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Custom Framed, 49 x 38 in.
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by Peter Max. Canvas size 36 x 24 inches. Frame size approx 49 x 38 inches. Studio catalog number and stamp on verso. Ar...
Canvas, Acrylic
$200Sale Price|20% Off
Andy Warhol 'Portrait of Ingrid Bergman with Hat' 1983
By Andy Warhol
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portrait of Ingrid Bergman from "Casablanca" rendered in Warhol's signature style published by Galerie Borjeson. Known for his bold, repetitive portrait style, Warhol transformed Ber...
Offset
Red Scarf, Color Photo, Marilyn Monroe, Signed
By Bert Stern
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Original color photograph, from the original transparency, by Bert Stern taken six weeks before Marilyn Monroe’s death in 1962 and printed at a la...
Photographic Paper, C Print
Charles Lutz, OLYMPUS LV Stack 4 Part Warhol Louis Vuitton Box Sculpture
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charles Lutz Olympus, Set of 4 Louis Vuitton Stacked Boxes Wood, canvas, leather, and brass Dimensions (stacked): 25.5 x 21.5 x 69.75 inches Unique Co...
Brass
Lavender, Pop Art Etching by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) - Lavender, Year: circa 1981, Medium: Etching, signed in pencil, Edition: PP 1, Frame Size: 19 x 22.5 inches
Etching
$1,100Sale Price|44% Off
ABT Dancer Lupe Serrano & Rudolph Nureyev Rehearsing for Television, Signed
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theater ballerina Lupe Serrano and Rudolf Nureyev rehearsing at ABT for a television appearance, 1962. Signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. Jack Mitchell, (1925-2013) bulging photographic portfolio of actors, writers, painters, musicians and especially dancers describes a pictorial history of the arts in the late 20th century. Mr. Mitchell, who took hundreds of pictures for The New York Times, was both a portraitist and a capturer of complex motion. An expert in lighting, he worked mostly, though not entirely, in black and white, and he was known — by his subjects, by the magazine and newspaper editors he worked for, and by critics — as someone who could make a photograph reveal character. Jack Mitchell was the official photographer for the American Ballet Theater, and he chronicled the work of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for more than thirty years. When he retired in 1995, he had fulfilled more than 5,000 assignments in black and white, and nearly a thousand in color. He photographed more than 160 covers for Dance magazine, and his photos have appeared in Time, Life, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue and many other publications. Mitchell’s photographs are in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, among others. The 2019 USPS Black Heritage postage stamp honoring American performer Gregory Hines was made from a Jack Mitchell photograph, and a Jack Mitchell photograph of Audre Lorde...
Silver Gelatin
Genius 10 - Abstract Colorful Books Still Life Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
English artist Jonjo Elliot's artworks are a collision of expressionistic fauvism and his collections encourage a youthful candor. Plants thrive in environments the viewer wants to i...
Canvas, Acrylic
Original Mixed Media Artwork on Currency, Framed, Colorful Pop Art
By TBOY
Located in New York, NY
This is a 1/1 original currency with wood cutout framed - It's all hand done with spray paint and acrylic and pencil on currency, framed with non glare glass. TBOY is a British a...
Resin, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Barbie Parfum
By Emma Gibbons
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original, mixed media art with glitter filled pills. This fabulous Barbie edition of Emma's No5 is perfect for Barbie fans - old and young! Its filled with bright pink glittery pill...
Resin, Glitter
"Soup Can: Original Colourway", Screenprint in Colors on Wove Paper, 2005
By Banksy
Located in Astoria, NY
Banksy (British, b. 1974), "Soup Can: Original Colourway", Screenprint in Colors on Wove Paper, 2005,numbered in pencil edition "141/250" with publisher's blindstamp lower right, Pic...
Screen
Vinyl Collection, A (Cherry Red) - Conceptual Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
A Cherry Red, from the Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerisin...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$340Sale Price|20% Off
"Schnitzel Please!, " Dresden Germany 1999 (dog photograph)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
"Schnitzel Please!" This timeless, charming photo of a town favorite Dresden Dog, was captured by New York based photographer Fernando Natalici in Germany in 1999. Archival Inkjet ...
Inkjet
Upsidedown Too (custom framed hand signed silkscreen on gesso board)
Located in Aventura, FL
Silkscreen in colors on gesso board. Hand signed lower right by Romero Britto. Hand numbered 51/110 lower left. Artwork size: 24 x 18 inches. Custom framed as pictured with linen...
Screen, Board
Blondie Pink - Hand Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Blondie Pink - Hand Signed Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print This piece is a modern reworking of Debbie Harry, from Blondie. BATÍK is a London based contemporary pop art image creator and...
Color, Archival Pigment
Raymond Pettibon 1980s illustration art (early Raymond Pettibon)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon, "No Mag,'" 1981: A rare late 70's/early 80's Los Angeles Punk scene publication featuring several stand out illustrations by Raymond Pettibon ...
Paper, Offset
$1,200
The Amazing Felix - Colorful Wall Art Cat Original Pop Art Painting by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
$683
Singapore Stamp Collection, Singapore Ship Sequence (4x4) - Pop art color photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
From the 2018 Singapore Series, Postcards from afar. This artwork is a limited edition of 25, gloss photographic print. Accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate of authentic...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Cosmic Window, Psychedelic Art Screenprint by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) - Cosmic Window, Year: 1975, Medium: Screenprint, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: 75, Size: 26 in. x 36.5 in. (66.04 cm x 92.71 cm)
Screen
Bicentennial Pop Art Screen Print, 1970s, Excellent Condition
Located in New York, NY
The specific information regarding edition will be provided at the time of sale. Please contact the seller for more details. Roy Lichtenstein grounded his profoundly inventive caree...
Lithograph, Screen
$2,400Sale Price|20% Off
Cleopatra (Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor), Al Hirschfeld
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) Title: Cleopatra (Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor) Year: 2000 Edition: 217/300, plus proofs. Medium: Lithograph on Japon paper Size: 23 x 24 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed and numbered by the artist. AL HIRSCHFELD (1903-2003) An American caricaturist best known for his black & white portraits of famous celebrities and Broadway stars...
Lithograph
Snoopy Architectural Print, Original Acrylic on Paper, 42x29 Inches
By Gary John
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Gary John has been a street artist since 1985, originally from Seattle Washington, then moving to Venice Beach selling his art on the boardwalk for 10 years before exploding onto the...
Paper, Acrylic
$683
Motel Entrance II, Salton Sea, California - Mid-Century Architecture Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Classic mid-century architecture in this artwork from the Salton Sea California. Rich blues, palm trees with pops of orange create the perfect palette with the Agfa Ultra film rebate...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Tape Collection - Blank Tape Side A - Conceptual Color Music Art
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Blank Tape Side A' from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’ personal past and ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Bitchin, Norfolk - Typography Monochrome Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Bitchin', bold monochrome typographic photograph from Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' series, taken at the Hemsby Rock 'n' Roll Weekender. This artwork is a limited edition of 25 gloss ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Keith Haring Luna Luna 1986
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Luna Luna Karussell. A Poetic Extravaganza!, 1986 (Keith haring Luna Luna): Luna Luna "was organized by Andre Heller for “A Fair with Mod...
Offset, Paper
Venice, Pop Art Screenprint by Mori Shizume
By Mori Shizume
Located in Long Island City, NY
Venice by Mori Shizume, Japanese (1928–2014) Date: 1979 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 200 Size: 21.5 in. x 30 in. (54.61 cm x 76.2 cm) Image Size: 15.75 x 27 ...
Screen
As I Opened Fire
Located in New York, NY
After Roy Lichtenstein As I Opened Fire Poster (after the painting from 1923) Offset lithograph triptych on thick, woven paper Each Frame: 33.5 x 29.25 ...
Lithograph
Betty's Flashbacks (Pop Art, Street Art, Urban Art)
By Agent X
Located in Kansas City, MO
Agent X Betty's Flashbacks (Pop Art, Street Art, Urban Art) Digital Print on Archival Paper Year: 2021 Edition: 125 Size: 30 x 30 in - 78 x 78 cm Signed COA provided (gallery issued)...
Archival Paper, Digital
Sun on Six (Jasper Johns linocut, hand signed and numbered 4/26)
By Jasper Johns
Located in New York, NY
Jasper Johns Sun on Six, 2000 Color linoleum cut on Gampi Torinoko paper Pencil signed, dated and numbered 4/26 on the front Published by Z Press, Calais, Vermont Frame included: ele...
Rice Paper, Pencil, Linocut
Born Free, Pop Print by Max Epstein
By Max Epstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Born Free Max Epstein, Canadian (1932–2002) Date: 1980 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of AP Image Size: 19 x 28 inches Size: 23 in. x 35 in. (58.42 cm x 88.9 cm)
Screen
Notes on Organisation of Paradise, Pop Art Lithograph by Eduardo Paolozzi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eduardo Paolozzi, British (1924 - 2005) - Notes on Organisation of Paradise, Portfolio: General Dynamic F.U.N. Portfolio, Year: 1970, Medium: Photolithograph, stamp signed verso, Edi...
Lithograph
Automatic Pickle, Signed Surrealist Screenprint by Werner Pfeiffer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Automatic Pickle by Werner Pfeiffer, German/American (1937) Date: circa 1970 Screenprint, signed, numbered and titled in pencil Edition of 80/100 Image Size: 17 x 24 inches Size: 22 ...
Screen
$205
B Side Vinyl Collection - Side Two!! (Congo Pink) - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerising collection. A celebration of the vinyl record and analo...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$250Sale Price|50% Off
Seascape , 70x70cm, print on canvas.Edition 20 pcs.
By Nina Tsoriti
Located in Yerevan, AM
Seascape , 70x70cm, print on canvas Edition 20 pcs. A different print size can be made upon request.
Canvas, Color
KAWS THE PROMISE (KAWS The Promise Grey)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS The Promise (grey): A unique KAWS Companion featuring a blue & green globe being affectionately shared between parent & child. This timeless, highly collectible KAWS art...
Resin, Vinyl
$1,771
Swim-in-Pool Supply Co. Las Vegas, Nevada - Americana Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Swim-in-Pool Supply Co. This fun original artwork really shows Richard's unique eye as a photographer. Captured in Las Vegas in 2003 it is part of a series he took over a few years. ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
"Bob Big Boy Architectural" - Acrylic on paper
By Gary John
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Gary John has been a street artist since 1985, originally from Seattle Washington, then moving to Venice Beach selling his art on the boardwalk for 10 years before exploding onto the world art market. Gary has now shown at art Basel, Miami, New York art fair, Los Angeles art fair and in Europe. American pop culture and comic books inspire Gary’s work equally. "Bob Big...
Acrylic, Paper
Still Life with Figs and Flowers, Pop Art Acrylic Painting, 1989
By Peter Nadin
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. 'Still Life with Figs and Flowers' 1989 by Peter Nadin. Oil on canvas, 51 x 48 in. Signed and dated on verso. Geometric, still life painting wit...
Acrylic
$1,675
Bob Marley 40th Confrontation Signed & Numbered Letterpress OBEY Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
This letterpress set in collaboration with photographer Dennis Morris commemorates the 40th anniversary of Bob Marley’s passing. The series represents the amazing breadth of Marley’s...
Screen
$2,640Sale Price|20% Off
Protect Our Future Ver. II, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Protect Our Future Ver. II Year: 2002 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on archival paper Size: 13.81 x 17.12 inches Condition: Excelle...
Lithograph
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
Persian Rose Excess (thick impasto painting square monochrome pop cake design)
By Chloe Hedden
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Chloe Hedden’s Persian Rose Excess from her Excess series continues her exploration of Excessivism, using thick, sculptural paint to embody themes of overconsumption and indulgence. ...
Wood, Acrylic
Jose Palacios, Tropic 06, Mixed media on paper, 2023
Located in New York, NY
In this original acrylic and vinyl painting on paper from Art Angler Gallery, Jose Palacios presents a vibrant and dynamic composition that blends abstract and pop art styles. The ar...
Laminate, Paper, Acrylic
Pink Atomic - Oversize Signed limited edition Pop Art - Brigitte Bardot
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Pink Atomic Blonde - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Brigitte Bardot by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATI...
Color, Archival Pigment
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Sunset Sail, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Sunset Sail Year: 1998 Edition: 233/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 4.75 x 5.75 inches Condition: Excellent Inscrip...
Lithograph
$3,600
Right there, the breadth of the human heart (print) by Murakami signed, framed
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Right there, the breadth of the human heart 2013 by Takashi Murakami Offset print, cold stamp and high gloss varnishing signed, numbered and stamped by the Artist 27 7/8 in diameter...
Offset
$1,531Sale Price|20% Off
Heart Suite III, Four Artworks, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart Suite III, Four Artworks Year: 1997 Edition: 136/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Size: 2.75 x 2.5 inches, each. Condition: E...
Lithograph
Lithograph Italian Post Modernist Figurative Pop Art
By Sandro Chia
Located in Surfside, FL
Sandro Chia was born in Florence in 1946. He has studied at the Istituto d’Arte and then at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence where he graduated in 1969. After graduation, he h...
Lithograph
$23,000Sale Price|20% Off
Red Rabbit, Iconic Balloon Sculpture, Limoges Porcelain, Signed
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
'Balloon Rabbit' (Red), 2017 Jeff Koons Limoges porcelain with chromatic coating 11.5 x 8.3 x 5.5 in. / 29 x 21 x 14 cm. Edition of 999, Signed and numbered The specific informatio...
Porcelain
TINA S - In case of emergency - Porsche Tribute
Located in PARIS, FR
Technique: mixed media Size: 20 x 25 cm Weight: 1.5kg Edition: limited edition Certificate: of authenticity provided Information: Born in Germany and creating in Dubai, Tina br...
Metal
$1,048Sale Price|20% Off
NAOR - 30cm Teddy CH Tribute Vogue
By Naor
Located in PARIS, FR
Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was inspired by it. From t...
Resin
$763Sale Price|20% Off
Heart Series IV, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart Series IV Year: 1998 Edition: 300/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 5 x 4 inches Condition: Excellent Inscripti...
Lithograph
"The Palace" print on hahnemuhle photo rag
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Born and raised in London, British photographer Nathalie Gordon shoots with an unusual but fantastic hyper realistic style. Her work is packed with high sheen and edge, yet she is ab...
Rag Paper
Hunny, Painting, Pop Art, Street Art
By Jay-C
Located in München, BY
Edition 5 Winnie-the-Pooh is sticking a poster to the wall with Honey JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symb...
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Pop Shop Quad IV Screen Print, Hand Signed, Pop Art, 1989, Edition 67/75
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper. Stamped with the artist's estate and signed, dated and numbered by the executor, Julia Gruen, in pencil on the reverse. Artwork size 27 x 33 i...
Paper, Screen