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.
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT - Equals Pi YP x JM Basquiat Design Neon LED Lamp. Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Equals Pi 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: Brand new...
LED Light, Neon Light
Jonathan Winters, "American Indian Rain Bird, " hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a giclee after an original painting created by Jonathan Winters in 1970. Jonathan Winters was an American comedian, actor, author, and artist whose iconic career spanne...
Giclée
$1,500
"Love Pen Drawing" Robert Indiana, Pop Art, Letters, Preparatory Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana Love Pen Drawing Signed lower left Artist's marker and ink on paper 6 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches Provenance Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine Private collection, Maine....
Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker
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
$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
Gathering Clouds, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By John Popkess
Located in Yardley, PA
A woman stands in front of a beach, wearing sunglasses and a polka dot dress, gazing up at the clouds. This is a mood painting, evoking in us a feeling of warmth and relaxation, espe...
Oil
$644Sale Price|38% Off
Paint Cans Mickey Deluxe (HUGE, LARGE, Disney, Pop Art, Fun, Vibrant, ~38% OFF)
By Ben Allen
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ben Allen Paint Cans Mickey Deluxe 2021 Giclée on Hahnemuehle Velvet Image Size: 33.25 x 33.25 inches (84.46 x 84.46 cm) Sheet Size: 43.75 x 44 inches (111.13 x 111.76 cm) Limited Ed...
Archival Paper, Giclée
$1,300
Original Andy Warhol Double Self Portrait - Louisiana (Denmark) vintage poster
By Andy Warhol
Located in Spokane, WA
Andy Warhol (after), Double Self-Portrait — Louisiana Museum, 1978 Original Danish exhibition poster; linen-backed; Very Fine (Grade A) Striking vintage exhibition poster created b...
Offset
Andy Warhol "Mick Jagger-F&S. II.144" Framed Announcement card, Hand signed
By Andy Warhol
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Andy Warhol. Title: Mick Jagger F&S II.144 Framed Announcement card. Medium: Lithograph Hand Signed Size: Image size: 6" x 4", Framed: 10" x 8 Year: 1975 Edition: Limite...
Offset
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: Enso - Limited edition hand signed & numb. Superflat, Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
ENSÕ: EARTHLY DESIRES Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Offset lithograph with cold stamp and UV gloss varnishing on paper Edition: 300 Size: 68 x 68 cm Observations: Offset lithograph ...
Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
$1,475
This is Sunset Blvd - Abstract Colorful Landscape Mixed Media Artwork on Canvas
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...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gel Pen, Graphite, Canvas
Peter Max “Patriotic Series: Full Liberty” Hand-Painted Mixed Media, 2007
By Peter Max
Located in New Orleans, LA
Peter Max, Patriotic Series: Full Liberty, Mixed Media A vibrant and highly decorative mixed-media work by celebrated American Pop artist Peter Max (1937–2025), Patriotic Series: Fu...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photo-lithograph
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
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
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
$1,575Sale Price|25% Off
mountain landscape , 100x100cm, acrylic on canvas
By Nina Tsoriti
Located in Yerevan, AM
mountain landscape , 100x100cm, acrylic on canvas
Canvas, Acrylic
TAKASHI MURAKAMI - HOMAGE TO FRANCIS BACON DIPTYCH Superflat, Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
HOMAGE TO FRANCIS BACON (STUDY FOR HEAD OF ISABEL RAWSTHORNE AND GEORGE DYER) Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Offset lithograph with cold foil stamp on paper Edition: 113 and 114 of 3...
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
$249,500
Grevy's Zebra FS II.300, Screen Print, Pop Art, Signed, Edition 61/150, 1983
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Grevy's Zebra, from Endangered Species. Screen print in colors on Lennox Museum Board. Hand signed and numbered by Andy Warhol. Edition 61/150 (there were also 30 AP's, 5 PP's, 5 ...
Paper, Screen
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd "Hamlet II" Huichol Beaded Mixed Media Sculpture, 2026
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd “Hamlet II” — Huichol Beaded Mixed Media Sculpture, 2026 In “Hamlet II,” contemporary artist CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd transforms a whimsical, theatrical figur...
Glass, Mixed Media
Pink Bardot Triptych - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Pop Art
Located in London, GB
Pink Bardot Triptych - Oversize by Batik Stunning artwork on exquisite vivid art paper. hand signed and numbered by artist on front paper size 40x30" inches / 101 x 76 cm Limite...
Color, Archival Pigment
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
As I Opened Fire, Roy Lichtenstein (Stedelijk Museum)
Located in New York, NY
This offset lithograph in colors in three panels was created in 2002 and is from the unsigned edition of unknown size measuring 25 x 20 ½ in. (63.5 x 52 cm.) each and 25 x 62 in. ...
Lithograph, Offset
$600Sale Price|20% Off
Dark Plum Excess (thick impasto painting square monochrome pop cake design)
By Chloe Hedden
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Chloe Hedden’s Dark Plum Excess from her Excess series exemplifies Excessivism through its sculptural use of thick, unrestrained paint. The deep plum hue, associated with luxury and ...
Wood, Acrylic
Electric Chair (F&S II.81) - Signed Limited Edition Pop Art Print, 1971
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“Electric Chair (F&S II.81)” is a screenprint on paper by American Pop artist, Andy Warhol. The work is part of Warhol's "Death and Disaster" series, notable for addressing depiction...
Paper, Screen
Charles Fazzino Limited Edition -D Serigraph Construction "I'll see ya in court"
Located in New York, NY
Charles Fazzino (b. 1955) I'll See Ya in Court, 2003 Limited Edition 3-Dimensional Serigraph Construction Framed: 43 x 34 1/2 in. Edition 81 of 200 Signed and inscribed bottom: 81/20...
Screen
$65,000
Kenny Scharf - Val Wong Worm, dazzling unique signed Painting, Framed Provenance
By Kenny Scharf
Located in New York, NY
Kenny Scharf Val Wong Worm, 2006 Oil, acrylic, silkscreen and rhinestones on paper Signed, dated and titled by the artist on the die-cut window on the back Frame Included: elegantly ...
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Screen
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
Deco Lady, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Flower Lady Year: 1987 Edition: 139/300, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Size: 37 x 26 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed ...
Screen
Summer Bloom, Original Painting
By John Jaster
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A close-up of a lush garden bursts with color, revealing a small patch of bright blue sky beyond the foliage. Vibrant sunflowers, dahlias, and roses in shades o...
Acrylic
Snoopy Dubai - Original Painting on Canvas, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting bursts with joyful energy, blending the playful essence of comics with the sophistication of pop art. Using acrylic, oil, and spray, I captured the carefree spirit of a...
Acrylic
$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
KAWS SEPARATED Companion (KAWS black Separated Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS SEPARATED COMPANION: New & unopened in its original packaging: This highly collectible black KAWS SEPARATED figure is derived from the Brooklyn based artist’s larger scale s...
Resin, Vinyl
Sincerity to You - Pop, Japanese, Editon of 300, signed
Located in London, GB
Sincerity to You, 2023 Offset lithograph Hand signed and numbered by Takashi Murakami. Edition of 300 71 cm diameter - Sheet size published by Kaikai Kiki Co. Condition: Brand n...
Lithograph, Offset
David Hockney 'Harlequin from Parade' 1981, Vintage Offset Print
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This first edition exhibition poster, titled Harlequin, was created by David Hockney for the Metropolitan Opera's 1981 production of the ballet Parade. The production featured choreo...
Offset
Alex Katz 'Olivia 2'
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
"Olivia 2" by Alex Katz (2025) is a striking multicolored screen print on Museum quality fine art paper, signed and numbered in a limited edition of 50, showcasing Katz's iconic styl...
Screen
"In Case of Emergency Break Glass "Cristal" Midi Edition Fire Extinguisher
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Plastic Jesus is a Los Angeles based street artist that specializes in bold stencil and installation work, inspired by world news events, society, the urban environment, culture and ...
Metal, Gold Leaf
$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
Mary Corita (Sister Corita Kent), I Love You Very, Watercolor on paper, signed
By Mary Corita (Sister Corita) Kent
Located in New York, NY
Sister Mary Corita Kent I Love You Very, ca. 1975 Original watercolor on paper Unique works on paper by Sister Corita Kent, like this charming hand signe...
Watercolor
$35,000
This Must Be the Place (C. III.20), Pop Art Lithograph by Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein, American (1923 - 1997) Title: This Must Be the Place (C. III.20) Year: 1965 Medium: Offset Lithograph, signed in the plate and in pencil l.r. Edition of unk...
Offset
Ingrid Bergman With Hat, 1983 Trial Proof Screenprint, Signed 38 x 38
By Andy Warhol
Located in Miami, FL
Andy Warhol Ingrid Bergman With Hat, Trial Proof 1983 Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board 38 x 38 in. Trial Proof TP Edition of 30 Pencil signed and numbered Andy Warhol's Ingrid Ber...
Board, Screen
Snoopy Always be Friends - Canvas-Limited Edition, Digital on Canvas
By Gardani Art
Located in Yardley, PA
Gardani announces a new Pop Art Limited Edition, Giclée printed on Canvas. Each print is Hand signed and numbered by Gardani, with a signature, thumb print and registration number o...
Digital
$2,800
Roy Lichtenstein Foundation card of his Moonscape Silkscreen from Banner, 1969
Located in New York, NY
Roy Lichtenstein (after) Moonscape Silkscreen from Banner, 1969 Silkscreen on fold out card. WIth additional (removable) sleeve with greeting and text from the Roy Lichtenstein Found...
Screen
$15,000
Hunt Slonem - Watercolor painting (Hand Signed 3x to an Andy Warhol muse) Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Superb provenance: gifted by Hunt Slonem to Andy Warhol muse Monique Van Vooren. A unique work with a unique, personal inscription and historic provenance - hand signed three times. ...
Watercolor
$23,515
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
$9,500
Huge Red Grooms Monotype Oil Painting LA Hollywood Circus Film Cartoon Pop Art
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
Red Grooms (American, b. 1937). Keystone Kops to the Rescue III. 2006. Triptych color monotype created by the artist with lithographic ink on plexiglass plates, and then hand-color...
Monoprint, Monotype
$320Sale Price|20% Off
Yale University Art Gallery (Thinking of Him) Poster /// Roy Lichtenstein Pop
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) Title: "Yale University Art Gallery (Thinking of Him)" Series: Yale University Art Gallery Posters Year: 1991 Medium: Original ...
Lithograph, Offset
$2,500
Re:Flowers for Algernon, 2024 Limited Edition, signed by Takashi Murakami
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Re: Flowers for Algernon 2024 by Takashi Murakami Offset print, cold stamp and high gloss varnishing with silver ink signed, numbered and stamped by the Artist diameter 56 cm diam...
Paper, Offset
Monumental Jazz painting by Billy Dee Williams
Located in Long Island City, NY
A monumental work by the inimitable Billy Dee Williams. This large work consists of 48 conjoined canvas paintings in one frame. It will ship crated in two...
Canvas, Oil
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
$1,359
Happy Blossom and a Silver Sky Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Nicky Chubb, 2020
By Nicky Chubb
Located in Deddington, GB
Happy Blossom and a Silver Sky by Nicky Chubb [2020] Happy Blossom and a Silver Sky is an original painting by artist Nicky Chubb. Featuring her signature tree iconography alongside...
Canvas, Acrylic
$950
Leo Castelli Gallery (Landscape with Red Sky) Poster /// Roy Lichtenstein Pop
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) Title: "Leo Castelli Gallery (Landscape with Red Sky)" Year: 1985 Medium: Original Offset-Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on smoo...
Lithograph, Offset
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
Purity of Soul (Blue Dog Series), George Rodrigue
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: George Rodrigue (1944-2013) Title: Purity of Soul (Blue Dog Series) Year: 2005 Edition: 142/190, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on archival pap...
Screen
1000 MG Pink Love Pill Sculpture, Pop Art, Fiberglass, Signed Edition
By Tal Nehoray
Located in New York, NY
This new work by Tal Nehoray is from her latest body of works called "1000 MG Love Pills". All are hand made with Fiberglass and hand painted with automotive paint. It stands on a bl...
Metal
Basquiat Picasso Exhibition Catalog 1983 (Expressive Painting After Picasso)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare early 1980s exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of: “Expressive Painting After Picasso”- a group featuring works by: Pablo Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francis Baco...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art set of 2
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare 1960s Andy Warhol Record Art: set of 2 works: This set includes two original vintage pressings: 'This Is John Wallowitch' by John Wallowitch and 'The Academy In Peril' by John ...
Lithograph, Offset
Men, Wildwood, New Jersey - American Interior Pink Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Men, photograph by Richard Heeps, from his Jersey Shore series. Taken in Wildwood, the historic Doo-Wop Town of New Jersey, this kitsch signage is perfect Pop Art and is typical of R...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
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
$2,000
Jean-Michel Basquiat Gagosian gallery Los Angeles 1986 (exhibition poster)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Gagosian Gallery 1986: Original 1980’s Basquiat exhibition poster, published on the occasion of: Jean-Michel Basquiat at Larry Gagosian Gallery, 510 North Robert...
Paper
$1,000Sale Price|60% Off
Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan), signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) photographed in 1972 for the cover of 'After Dark' magazine....
Silver Gelatin
20 MG Magic pills (black, red and white) - figurative sculpture, pop 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