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.
THE CAT'S DEBUT - DIPTYCH
By (after) Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel)
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Dr Seuss THEODOR GEISEL "THE CAT'S DEBUT - DIPTYCH" Limited Edition - Serigraph on Coventry Paper Authorized Estate Edition Edition Size: 850 Arabic Numbers 99 Patrons’ Collection 15...
Screen
$360Sale Price|20% Off
Juventus 1995-96 - Stretching Before the Match. Drawing by Silombria, 1996.
Located in Firenze, IT
Juventus 1995-96 - Stretching Before the Match. Drawing by Silombria, 1996 Large pencil drawing on paper, signed and dated lower right: Silombria '96. Dimensions: H 101 cm × W 72 cm...
Paper, Carbon Pencil
$2,200
Keith Haring for Emporium Capwell (South of Market) Poster /// Pop Art San Fran
By Keith Haring
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990) Title: "Keith Haring for Emporium Capwell (South of Market)" *Signed by Haring in the plate (printed signature) lower right Year: 1985 (Fir...
Lithograph, Offset
1-2-3 Outside James Rosenquist pop art muscle car print blue and orange
Located in New York, NY
1-2-3 Outside reproduces James Rosenquist’s 1963 oil painting of the same name, collected in the Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence. Rosenquist sourced the ima...
Lithograph
"On a green background."
Located in Zofingen, AG
The picture creates a festive mood, the clinking of glasses, a feeling of warmth and a friendly meeting. It will look good in the kitchen and even better in a bar or restaurant. The ...
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
$1,150
COSMIC FLOWERS Signed Lithograph, Abstract Floral, Happy Colors, Blue Red Yellow
By Peter Max
Located in Union City, NJ
Cosmic Flowers is an original hand drawn lithograph by Peter Max printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% aci...
Lithograph
Hebru Brantley Flyboy (Hebru Brantley art toy)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley (Hebru Brantley art toy), 2017. New in its original packaging. Medium: Painted cast vinyl. Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 4 inches (22.9 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm). New and sealed in i...
Resin, Vinyl
Andy Warhol "Flowers (Hand Colored) II.119" Screenprint & Watercolor
By Andy Warhol
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Warhol, Andy Title: Flowers (Hand Colored) II.119 Date: 1974 Medium: Screenprint & Watercolor Unframed Dimensions: 40.5" x 27" Framed Dimensions: 47" x 33.5" x 2" Signat...
Screen, Watercolor
$432Sale Price|20% Off
Max, America 2000, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: America 2000 Year: 1999 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 24 x 36 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, as issued...
Offset
Tape Collection Two Framed Pop Art Red and Yellow Color Limited Edition Prints
Located in Cambridge, GB
Two framed pop artworks from the Heidler and Heeps Tape Collection 'Ferric 60 (Tinted Red)' and 'Yellow Tinted Cassette' The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representati...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
KAWS MONSTER (KAWS Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Frankenberry Monster: A highly collectible & super decorative KAWS art toy, featuring the famed cereal character: Frankenberry. A playful exploration of KAWS’s love for thi...
Resin, Vinyl
$150
Andy Warhol Campbell's Soup Can Offset Print, Pop Art, 1990s, Unframed, 35.5x24
By Andy Warhol
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction of Andy Warhol's iconic Campbell's Soup Can exemplifies his pioneering exploration of consumer culture and pop art. Originally created by Warhol in the 1960s, this ...
Offset
$950Sale Price|70% Off
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd " ULTRA RARE BATMOVIL " from Huichol Alterations
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
SPECIAL COLLECTIBLE BATMAN ITEM UNIQUE IN THE WORLD!! 1/1 THE GOTHAM CITY'S SON . . . a more traditional HUICHOL style sculpture. Looks great on any wall in any room!!! ALTERATION ...
Mixed Media
$850Sale Price|78% Off
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd "Arturito" III from Huichol Alteration Series
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Famous Sculpture in the style of Star Wars R2-D2 in Mexican Huichol Style CHROMA (Rick Wolfryd) – R2D2, STAR WARS SERIES Alteration Art Sculpture Huichol Glass Beadwork R2D2 fro...
Glass, Mixed Media
$1,567
Original Château Mouton Rothschild 1988 label by Keith Haring - Pop Art - Wine
By Keith Haring
Located in PARIS, FR
The original Château Mouton Rothschild 1988 label, created by American artist Keith Haring, is an emblematic work of art combining the excell...
Paper, Lithograph
$850Sale Price|66% Off
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd" La Gioconda " Mexican Huichol Beaded Art Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and various Mexican Huichol artists and Mexican Huicho...
Mixed Media
$24,936Sale Price|20% Off
Chanel Petrol Pump
By Erik Salin
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original, life size mixed media sculpture. This colourful and exquisitely finished sculpture features the iconic Chanel logo on a life size petrol pump. This fantastic sculpture is...
Mixed Media
$4,500
Andy Warhol - Promotional card: Marx Brothers - Hand Signed by Warhol, Framed
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph promotional card Hand signed in black marker on the front Provenance: Estate of artist Joseph O'Sickey This elegantly scaled promotional card, which is, exceptional...
Lithograph, Offset
$14,500
Jim Dine - print with hand coloring in oil stick, Signed, Framed, unique variant
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine The Christmas Print (Burg, 26), 2001 Drypoint, direct gravure, etching over offset lithograph with hand coloring by artist in oil stick, on T.H. Saunders paper, the full she...
Oil Crayon, Drypoint, Etching, Offset
$4,800
NUMBERS Suite - Full Set (Pop Art, Modern, Neo-Dada, LOVE) (20% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Robert Indiana Title: NUMBERS Folio - 10 (ten) Loose Silkscreen Prints accompanied by Poems Folio includes numbers: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, ZERO Medium:...
Screen
Cowboy in Disguise - Original Western Inspired Figurative Artwork by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...
Paper, Acrylic, Foam Board
French film poster - Flesh - Andy Warhol - Paul Morrissey
By Andy Warhol
Located in PARIS, FR
Movie Poster Flesh is a 1968 American film directed by Paul Morrissey. It features Joe Dallesandro as a hustler working the streets of New York. It fe...
Paper
Curse the Wind - Original Snoopy Figurative Acrylic Pop Artwork by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
Rabbit Series #3
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Rabbit Series #3" 1980, is an original mezzotint with embossing by noted Hungarian artist Radovan Kragulj, b.1935. It is hand signed, dated, titled and inscribed A.P. (Artist Proof) in pencil by the artist. The sheet size is 25.5 x 19.5 inches, framed size is 26.75 x 20.75 inches. It is custom framed in a silver metal frame, with white backing. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Radovan Kraguly...
Mezzotint
Cruisin' Santa Monica - Abstract Colorful Textural Los Angeles Collage Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Marion Duschletta transforms luxury objects and urban landscapes from around the world into unique layered artworks. She combines an intriguing mixture of urban photogra...
Canvas, Mixed Media
TAKASHI MURAKAMI - MIYABI: KŌRIN Pop Art. Japanese Traditional Flowers
Located in Madrid, Madrid
MIYABI: KŌRIN (KŌRIN: COURTLY ELEGANCE 2020) Date of creation: 2020 Medium: Offset print with cold stamp and high gloss varnish on paper Edition number: 200/300 Size: 72 × 76,25 cm C...
Paper, Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
Vintage Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier Boxing poster: Celestino Piatti 'The Fight'
Located in NEW YORK, NY
'The Fight' by Celestino Piatti The 30 x 45 inch poster was created by Swiss artist Celestino Piatti in 1971 to advertise the exclusive viewing in Harlem of the first Ali/Frazier fig...
Lithograph
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of Two)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of Two Pumpkins: Yellow and Black / Red and White: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feature the universal polka dot p...
Resin
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feat...
Resin
From Maui with Love, Pop Art Screenprint by Charles Fazzino
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Fazzino, American (1955 - ) - From Maui with Love, Year: 1997, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 294/350, Size: 12.75 x 27.75 in. (32.39 x 70.4...
Screen
Adult Entertainment, Nevada - American Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Fun pop art typography, a total 'Sign Porn' fix, captured on an American road trip in Nevada. This artwork features in Richard Heeps' sold out book 'Man...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$4,500
Leo Castelli Gallery (The Red Horseman) Poster (Signed) //// Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) Title: "Leo Castelli Gallery (The Red Horseman)" *Dedicated, signed, and dated by Lichtenstein in pencil lower right Year: 1975...
Lithograph, Offset
$375
Sans Titre (Retired) - Abstract Colorful Figurative Mixed Media Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gel Pen, Graphite
$898Sale Price|25% Off
Original Batman Museo Dell'Automobile Torino vintage Italian poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: BATMAN - Museo Dell'Automobile Torino Artist: after Andy Warhol. Size 27.25" x 37" Printed: 1996 in Milan, Italy. Excellent condition. This pop art Italian poster in perfect condition, ready to frame. This is the original first printing of the Museo Dell'Automobile Torino (Italy) Batman, Andy Warhol. 'Viaggio in Italia'. This poster features the artwork for Warhol’s unauthorised 1964 film “Batman Dracula”. Excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity. Printed in Italy. The exhibition poster was for Nov. 30, 1996 - March 9, 1997. This BATMAN - Museo Dell'Automobile Torino is an Original Vintage Poster, not a reproduction. This poster is in excellent condition. This is an Original Lithograph Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. This is an Original Lithograph Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. Free Continental USA shipping included (saves $69 1st Dibs...
Offset
$2,360Sale Price|20% Off
Warhol, Chanel suite (four artworks), Chanel Ad Campaign (after)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Chanel suite (four artworks) Year: 1997 Medium: Offset lithograph on archival paper mounted on canvas Size: 29 x 22 inches, each Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed in th...
Canvas, Offset
$677
Ices (Burnt Orange), Bexhill-on-Sea - pop art color photography Large Print Only
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The burnt orange...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Synthetic Fly (blue green) - pop art sculpture, wall sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This piece presents a fly reimagined through digital fabrication. Designed and 3D-printed with precise attention to form, surface, and color, the object blurs the boundary between na...
Mixed Media, Digital Pigment
$25,000
Tristan und Isolde Opera Signed by David Hockney, Zubin Mehta & 40+ artists
Located in New York, NY
One of a kind David Hockney print that nobody else in the world will have because of all the hand signatures and inscription! Los Angeles Music Center Opera Poster (autographed by Ho...
Offset
$571Sale Price|20% Off
Liberty Head VIII, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Liberty Head VIII Year: 2003 Edition: 455/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 3.43 x 2.62 inches Condition: Excellent Ins...
Lithograph
De Tuti Fruti, Contemporary Pink Tire Sculpture by Betsabee Romero
Located in Long Island City, NY
Betsabeé Romero (born 1963) is a Mexican visual artist. Her works include sculptures, installations, printmaking, perforated paper, photographs, and vi...
Fiberglass, Rubber
$60Sale Price|20% Off
OK Hot Shot Offset Lithograph, Pop Art, Unframed, 1988, Excellent
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This offset lithograph, OK Hot Shot, is part of a now out-of-print six-print portfolio published by the Guggenheim Museum, highlighting Roy Lichtenstein’s signature Pop Art aesthetic...
Offset
$415
Jakarta Ice Cream - Original Figurative Color Drenched Still Life Framed Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gel Pen, Graphite
Robert Rauschenberg - Rare 1960s Musee D'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris poster
Located in New York, NY
Robert Rauschenberg Rare 1960s Musee D'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris poster, 1968 Offset Lithograph Edition of 500 27 1/2 × 21 inches Unframed, not signed Accompanied by Certifica...
Lithograph, Offset
$5,659
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: KANSEI: KORIN RED STREAM Japanese Pop flowers red black
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Takashi Murakami - KANSEI: KORIN RED STREAM Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Offset lithograph with cold stamp and high gloss varnishing on paper Edition number: 39/300 Size: 71 cm Ø C...
Paper, Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
Morning View II
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Jeni Stallings creates work that often draws from her dreams and personal experiences. She tends to render those moments in a muted, femininity-infused surrealism far from the hard-...
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
Louisiana Hearts
By Jim Dine
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Jim Dine Title: Louisiana Hearts Year: 1982 Medium: Lithograph and etching in colors on TH Saunders paper Edition: 100; signed, numbered and dated in pencil Sheet: 17 1/2 x 1...
Etching, Lithograph
"Carly Simon" Andy Warhol, Pop Art, Black and White, Celebrity Photograph
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol Carly Simon, 1980 Stamped by The Estate of Andy Warhol on the reverse Gelatin silver print 10 x 8 inches Provenance The artist Estate of the artist Long-Sharp Gallery, I...
Silver Gelatin
$3,000Sale Price|20% Off
Katonah Muse, James Rosenquist
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: James Rosenquist (1933-2017) Title: Katonah Muse Year: 1993 Medium: Lithograph in colors on wove paper Edition: A.P. 6/20; 100 Size: 27.75 x 21.25 inches Inscription: Signed ...
Lithograph
$40Sale Price|20% Off
Girl with Hair Ribbon Button, Metal Pop Art Collectible from 1981
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an original square button with a fastening pin on the verso, created as merchandise for Roy Lichtenstein's exhibition at the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin in 1981. This butto...
Metal
1970s Alexander Calder poster (Calder Braniff Airlines 1976)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Braniff Airlines poster 1976: Medium: Offset lithograph. Dimensions: 23 x 33 inches. Signed in plate An original 1st printing in very good overall vintage conditio...
Offset
30 MG Love Hope Combo (blue, yellow, white) - figurative sculpture
By Tal Nehoray
Located in New York, NY
This new work by Tal Nehoray is from her latest body of works called "Happy Pills". All are hand made with ceramic and hand painted with automotive paint. It is a combination of 2 ce...
Ceramic, Automotive Paint
Four Hearts Offset Lithograph by Andy Warhol, Framed, Pop Art, 1993
By Andy Warhol
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Four Hearts is an offset lithograph from a portfolio of five Andy Warhol prints published by te Neues, now out of print and increasingly rare. In this vibrant composition, Warhol mul...
Offset
$928Sale Price|20% Off
Colorful Floral Bubble Wall Sculpture Polymer Clay Mosaic Wall Art Painting
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Colorful floral bubble wall sculpture composed of hundreds of hand-modeled polymer clay elements, creating a lightweight mosaic of color, texture and organic growth. Flower Bubbles ...
Clay, Spray Paint, Board
$88,000Sale Price|20% Off
Mao 90 (Feldman/Schellmann II.90), Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Title: Mao 90 Year: 1972 Medium: Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum Board Size: 36 x 36 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: signed in ball-poin...
Screen
Up - Original Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Vibrant Spontaneous Art
By Jonas Fisch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Board
$232Sale Price|20% Off
Roy Lichtenstein 'Cape Cod Still Life II' 1994 Vintage Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cape Cod Still Life II reflects Roy Lichtenstein's exploration of everyday objects reimagined through the bold, graphic language of Pop Art. Published in 1994 by Te Neues Publishing ...
Offset
Andy Warhol 'Rebel Without a Cause (James Dean)' 1990 Pop Art
By Andy Warhol
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This piece is one of six image variations from Andy Warhol’s James Dean portfolio, a series exploring the legendary actor as a symbol of youth, ...
Offset
$280Sale Price|20% Off
Keith Haring 'Future Primeval' 1990 Pop Art Vintage
By Keith Haring
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original exhibition poster created for Keith Haring’s landmark show Future Primeval – Drawings, Paintings, and Artifacts, presented at the Queens Museum and University Galleries in 1...
Screen
David Hockney at Castelli Graphics
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney at Castelli Graphics, 1981 Offset Lithograph poster 20 × 16 inches Unsigned Unframed 1981 poster published on the occasion of the release of ...
Offset
$8,800
Ed Ruscha - GOD signed and numbered print limited edition of 50 in artist frame
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha GOD, 2010 Digital Light Jet Print in Artist-Designed Frame Edition 48/50 Hand-signed by artist, Signed, numbered and dated 48/50 by Ed Ruscha in black marker on the back P...
Felt Pen, Inkjet