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.
Ed Ruscha - signed letter to artist Bill Radawec: "I Forged Your Signature"
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha - signed letter to artist Bill Radawec: "I Forged Your Signature", 1976 Letter handwritten in ink in postmarked (Franked), mailed postcard Handwritten hand signed note writ...
Ink, Postcard
Foot and Hand By Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art Lithograph
Located in New York, NY
A single, unyielding gesture fills the sheet in Foot and Hand, a heavy black boot pressing down beside an outstretched hand that grips a rolled paper against a field of mustard Ben D...
Lithograph
Keith Haring Act Up (announcement)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring ACT UP For Life 1989: This rare oversized announcement card, was designed & illustrated by Haring on behalf of the New York-based AIDS activist group AIDS Coalition to...
Lithograph, Offset
Tape Collection Elektronik - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Elektronik, pop art 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
$636Sale Price|20% Off
Warhol, Chanel (Red/Pink), Channel Ad Campaign (after)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Chanel Year: 1997 Medium: Offset lithograph on archival paper mounted on canvas Size: 30 x 21 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed in the plate Notes: This special ...
Canvas, Offset
$1,250Sale Price|50% Off
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd "R2-D2", STAR WARS, HUICHOL ART, 2026 BEST OF CHROMA
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd, "R2-D2 RED", STAR WARS, BEST OF CHROMA, POP ART, SCULPTURE, AP 2026 Huichol Beaded Mixed Media Sculpture One of the most beloved robots in cinematic histor...
Glass, Mixed Media
Limited Edition Ceramic Plate Rigatoni Alla Catanese - Da Ciro - New York, NY
By Mark Kostabi
Located in New York, NY
Mark Kostabi Plate for Rigatoni Alla Catanese - Da Ciro - New York, NY, 2001 Silkscreen on ceramic plate; Microwave and Dishwasher Safe 10 1/5 in diameter Artist signature fired into the plate on the underside and numbered from an edition of 510. Edition 36/510 Makes a wonderful gift! This beautiful, whimsical limited edition, signed and numbered bowl/plate was handmade in southern Italy by master artisans near Vietri sul Mare, was designed by American artist Mark Kostabi. In 2000, Buon Ricordo America, Inc. commissioned famous American artists to design plates for their flagship US restaurants. In 2000-1, Kostabi designed the present work for the NY Italian restaurant...
Ceramic, Screen
Dogs Across America, Pop Art Offset Print by Peter Mayer
By Peter Mayer
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exhibition poster for "Dogs Across America", a traveling exhibition of dog paintings by Peter Mayer that was set up by Magidson Fine Art in New York. Similar to how he colored his...
Offset
Type II Tutti Frutti - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Type II Tutti Frutti, from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection - The B Sides. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, p...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Mythos - Original Symbolic Surreal Figurative Pop Art Painting 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, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Vintage 1960s Andy Warhol Photo Silkscreen Serigraph Pop Art
By John Brower
Located in Surfside, FL
This is for a Photo Silkscreen Serigraph it is Titled Andy Warhol :Pop Artist American. light creasing to paper outside of image John Brower worked in Chicago as a billboard designe...
Screen
$140Sale Price|20% Off
Falling Man Serigraph by Ernest Trova, Pop Art, 1972, Limited Edition
By Ernest Trova
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautifully printed serigraph titled "Falling Man" by Ernest Trova is a limited edition piece created for his exhibition held at Pace Columbus in Columbus, Ohio, in 1972. Known ...
Screen
$636Sale Price|20% Off
Warhol, Chanel (Blue), Chanel Ad Campaign (after)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Chanel Year: 1997 Medium: Offset lithograph on archival paper mounted on canvas Size: 29 x 22 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed in the plate Notes: This special ...
Canvas, Offset
$600Sale Price|20% Off
Roy Lichtenstein-As I Opened Fire (Triptych)-FOURTH EDITION
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This official offset lithograph triptych, printed by the Stedelijk Museum, is not a third-party reproduction. Rendered in red, yellow, blue, and black on white wove paper, it reprodu...
Offset
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT - Trumpet Painting YP x JM Basquiat Design Neon LED Lamp
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Trumpet Painting YP x JM Basquiat Date of creation: 2024 Medium: PVC or Silicon piping with LED lights mounted on recycled acrylic board Edition: Open Size: 52 x 52 cm Condition: Br...
LED Light, Neon Light
Tape Collection 90 Minutes Vintage Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
90 Minutes Vintage Blue, pop art from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, pers...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Modern Print /// Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art Abstract Geometric MoMA Gemini G.E.L.
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) Title: "Modern Print" *Numbered, signed, and dated by Lichtenstein in pencil lower right Year: 1971 Medium: Original Lithograph and Scr...
Lithograph, Screen
$40,000Sale Price|20% Off
Lucky Strike (Littmann P. 78), Keith Haring
By Keith Haring
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Keith Haring (1958-1990) (after) Title: Lucky Strike (Littmann P. 78) Year: 1987 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches cotton rag paper Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 70/80, a...
Screen
Basquiat Enrico Navarra Gallery 1999/2000 (vintage Basquiat announcements)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Enrico Navarra Gallery Paris 1999-2000: A set of 2 rare vintage Basquiat announcement cards published on the occasion(s) of: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gallery Enri...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
Atlantic Runner, Psychedelic Art Screenprint by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) - Atlantic Runner, Year: 1972, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 100/300, Size: 16 in. x 16 in. (40.64 cm x 40.64 ...
Screen
Andy Warhol 'Querelle Blue' 1983 FIRST EDITION Pop Art
By Andy Warhol
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Andy Warhol's involvement in movie posters, particularly for "Querelle," directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, is notable in the context of his broader artistic career. Warhol create...
Offset
Tom Wesselmann 'Monica, The 23rd New York Film Festival' 1985- Serigraph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Monica, 23rd New York Film Festival" is a serigraph created by Tom Wesselmann for the 23rd New York Film Festival, held in 1985 at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. This p...
Screen
$571Sale Price|20% Off
Star Catcher, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Star Catcher Year: 2003 Edition: 453/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 3.5 x 3 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription:...
Lithograph
76 Jumper, Psychedelic Art Screenprint by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) - '76 Jumper, 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
$5,500
Chuck Close - Signed, dedicated & inscribed art card of Linda Rosenkrantz Finch
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Close Art Card: Chuck Close - Linda, 1975-6, Uniquely Signed, dedicated and inscribed vintage card, from the Estate of Cordelia Platt, 1988 Uniquely Signed, dedicated and inscr...
Postcard, Lithograph, Offset
$1,200
British Pop Art Artist RB Kitaj Screenprint Day Book Serigraph Hand Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
R.B. Kitaj (British American 1932-2007) Hand signed and numbered Screenprint Measures approximately 24.5 X 16.65 inches This is from the Robert Creeley daybook. They were done in a ...
Screen
NBA Play - Colorful Abstract Basketball Inspired Oil Painting Pop Art on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Uruguayan artist Leonardo Aguirre creates vibrant, theatrical compositions where architecture, memory, and imagination converge. Working in a post-constructivist style rooted in the ...
Canvas, Oil
Sting Like a Bee, Pop Art Screenprint by Muhammad Ali aka the G.O.A.T.
By Muhammad Ali
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original hand-signed print by the Greatest Of All Time, Muhammad Ali. Sting Like a Bee Muhammad Ali, American (1942–2016) Date: 1979 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil ...
Screen
$2,640Sale Price|20% Off
Protect Our Children Ver. II, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Protect Our Children Ver. II Year: 2002 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on archival paper Size: 13.81 x 17.12 inches Condition: Excel...
Lithograph
Mr. Dob
Located in London, GB
Mr. Dob, 2016 Edition of 750 Signature Stamped by artist's estate, Stamped by BAIT X Switch Series Mr. Dob Manufacturer ComplexCon Bait. Takashi Murakami’s Mr DOB sculpture toy is a...
Acrylic, Vinyl
"Cows Looking for Pineapples"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This vibrant and playful painting combines surrealism with humor and warmth. Two cows, rendered with expressive brushwork, appear to wander through a tropical landscape, surrounded b...
Canvas, Acrylic
Max, Statue of Liberty V, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Statue of Liberty V Year: 1981 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 24.5 x 12.5 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered...
Offset
$10,000
Robert Longo - Men in the Cities 1984 Signed artist-certified photograph, unique
By Robert Longo
Located in New York, NY
Robert Longo, Men in the Cities (Rick) , 1984 - unique artist-certified photographic document, 1992 Vintage photographic print on Kodak paper, with unique artist inscription and cert...
Photographic Paper, Pencil, Graphite
$240Sale Price|20% Off
Plenty More Fish - Original Monochrome Water Sea Still Life Painting on Canvas
By Carl Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith is an American artist who has been living in Berlin, Germany, since 2001. He works with a combination of silkscreen printing, collage, and painting to create his urban ins...
Canvas, Linen, Acrylic, Screen
$23,589
Dragoness by Marcelo M. Burgos - large dragon sculpture, wood & gold leaf
Located in Paris, FR
Dragoness (wood & gold leaf) is a sculpture by contemporary Argentinian artist Marcelo Martin Burgos. As the title suggests, the artwork is of a dragoness, with the distinctive e...
Gold Leaf
$1,531Sale Price|20% Off
United We Stand, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: United We Stand Year: 2002 Edition: 107/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 12.5 x 9 inches Condition: Excellent Inscript...
Lithograph
$280Sale Price|20% Off
After Robert Rauschenberg 'Bicycle, National Gallery'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The first edition exhibition poster created by Robert Rauschenberg for the National Gallery of Art is a striking example of his innovative artistry. Produced with foil on heavy paper...
Foil
Untitled - Signed Silkscreen Ink on Tin Unique Painting, 1985
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Robert Rauschenberg's "Untitled" (1985) dates from the early years of the Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange, the decade-long touring project he conceived and largely self-fun...
Metal
"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
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
Moon Flowers, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Tropical Flowers Year: 1978 Edition: A.P.;45, plus proofs Medium: Silkcreen on Arches paper Size: 22 x 27.25 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: ...
Screen
$18,000
Andy Warhol, SCARCE invitation to book launch of "In the Bottom of My Garden"
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
This is an incredibly delicate and historic invitation, printed on thin rice paper, to an opening at Manhattan's famed Serendipity 3 (22 East 60th Street) to view Andy Warhol's new p...
Handmade Paper, Offset
ICES Set of Four Framed Artworks - Pop Art Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Set of four ready to hang framed pop art photography, featuring Richard Heeps 'ICES' in Lilac Purple, Green, Melondrama Coral Orange and Blue Teal. ICES, is a bestselling artwork by...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$420
Dream - Motivational Steel & Metal Street Sign Inspired Wall Sculpture Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Positive street signs and mindful messages characterize the work of multidisciplinary artist Scott Froschauer (1969-2026). Froschauer utilizes a practice called "cultural jamming," w...
Metal, Steel
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max, Blushing Beauty, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Blushing Beauty 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 iss...
Offset
$50,000Sale Price|20% Off
Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie II) (Feldman/Schellmann II.14), Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Title: Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie II) Year: 1966 Medium: Silkscreen in colors on wove paper Size: 24 x 30 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Sig...
Screen
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
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
Blue Skies Shinning on Me (Blue Dog Series), George Rodrigue
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: George Rodrigue (1944-2013) Title: Blue Skies Shinning on Me (Blue Dog Series) Year: 2005 Edition: 141/190, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on a...
Screen
$199,996Sale Price|20% Off
Andy Warhol, Painting on Canvas, Unique, Framed, 1983, Fish, Toy Suite
By Andy Warhol
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Andy Warhol Title: Fish Portfolio: The Toy Suite Medium: Original painting on canvas Date: 1983 Edition: Unique Frame Size: 20" x 23" Sheet Size: 11" x 14" Signature: Estate...
Canvas, Paint
Odyssetron I (From the suite of 5 lithographs)
By Bryan Rogers
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Odyssetron I" 1982 is an original color lithograph by American PopArt artist Bryan Rogers, 1941-2013. It is hand signed and numbered 1/50 in pencil by the artist. With the blind stamp of the publisher, Western Wedge, Oakland California at the lower left corner. The sheet size is 18 x 24 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. An example of this particular artwork is in the permanent collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in San Francisco...
Lithograph
$280Sale Price|20% Off
Big Painting #6 Serigraph Print, Pop Art Style, 27.5 x 39.5 Inches
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original poster, titled "Big Painting #6," is printed on heavy stock paper with full margins. Approximately 300 copies were made, though not numbered. Published by Art Editions,...
Screen
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Flag with Heart on Blue, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Flag with Heart on Blue Year: 2002 Edition: 476/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 4.87 x 4.5 inches Condition: Excellen...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max, World Cup '94, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: World Cup '94 Year: 1994 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 36 x 24 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, as issue...
Offset
Jonathan Winters, "The Thoughts of a Matador, " hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a giclée after an original painting created by Jonathan Winters in 1977. Jonathan Winters was an American comedian, actor, author, and artist whose iconic career spanne...
Giclée
$955Sale Price|20% Off
Profile Series IV, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Profile Series IV Year: 1998 Edition: 300/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 9 x 7.5 inches Condition: Excellent Inscr...
Lithograph
Color Gravity Limited Edition Print, Pop Art, Signed by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
$458Sale Price|50% Off
Post it Green, Multiple Black Print on Green Paper 2013 Triennale Milano Italy
By Ettore Spalletti
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a site specific artwork of Ettore Spalletti in Pop Art style of Andy Warhol and following Ed Ruscha , especially made for the exhibition at the Triennale of Milano (Italy) in 2013. This "post...
Paper
Basquiat The Offs 1984 (Basquiat record cover art 1984)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat The Offs 1984: "The Offs: First Record" original first printing, 1984, featuring original offset artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat. This is from the original first...
Offset
All You Need is a Cat
Located in Zofingen, AG
All You Need Is a Cat plays with a familiar cultural phrase, transforming it into a quiet emotional statement. In this painting, the cat is not just a character, but a metaphor for ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$404
ICES Burnt Orange, Bexhill-on-Sea - Pop Art Typography Photography Print Only
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Burnt Orange, bold pop art street photography from Richard Heeps' series, On-Sea. Created as an ode to Richard's childhood visits to his grandparents living on the Sussex coast...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin