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Pop Art

POP ART STYLE

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 

  • Bold imagery
  • Bright, vivid colors
  • Straightforward concepts
  • Engagement with popular culture 
  • Incorporation of everyday objects from advertisements, cartoons, comic books and other popular mass media

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.

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Style: Pop Art
Monica with Tulips
Monica with Tulips

Monica with Tulips

By Tom Wesselmann

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004) Monica with Tulips (1989) Signed and numbered AP 4/12 (aside the edition of 100) signed in the lower right Screenprint in colours on Museum Board. Publ...

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1980s Pop Art

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Board, Screen

Basquiat at Tony Shafrazi gallery 1996 (Basquiat Dust Heads announcement)
Basquiat at Tony Shafrazi gallery 1996 (Basquiat Dust Heads announcement)

Basquiat at Tony Shafrazi gallery 1996 (Basquiat Dust Heads announcement)

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jean-Michel Basquiat A TRIBUTE: Important Paintings, Drawings, & Objects: Vintage original 1990s Basquiat announcement card to: Jean-Michel Basquiat at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, September 21 - November 23, 1996. Cover image features a reproduction of Basquiat's Dust Heads (1982). Off-set printed gallery announcement. 7.5 x 6.25 inches (folded closed). Very good overall vintage condition. Some light rub marks to reverse. Published by Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, 1996. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s dramatic life and iconic paintings—which variously feature obsessive scribbling, enigmatic symbols and diagrams, and iconography including skulls, masks, and the artist’s trademark crown—make him one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. The self-taught painter embraced graffiti before committing to a studio practice. He found a mentor and friend in Andy Warhol, who helped the young artist navigate the 1980s New York art world. Across his oeuvre, Basquiat drew on his own Caribbean heritage; a convergence of African American, African, and Aztec cultural histories; classical themes; and pop cultural figures including athletes and musicians. The immediacy and intellectual depth of his paintings won him widespread acclaim both before and after his untimely death at the age of 27. Related Categories Basquiat Bruno Bischofberger. Basquiat Tony Shafrazi. Marry Boone. Basquiat exhibit. Basquiat ephemera. Basquiat poster. Basquiat prints.

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1980s Pop Art

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Offset

KAWS FAMILY (grey KAWS Family companion)
KAWS FAMILY (grey KAWS Family companion)

KAWS FAMILY (grey KAWS Family companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS FAMILY 2021: A well-received work and variation of KAWS' larger FAMILY sculpture - this highly collectible KAWS Companion set was published on the occ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Stardust, Las Vegas - Vintage Vegas Pop Art Color Photography
Stardust, Las Vegas - Vintage Vegas Pop Art Color Photography

Stardust, Las Vegas - Vintage Vegas Pop Art Color Photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

This cool picture has a classic Americana feel. Richard Heeps pictures beautifully capture parts of Las Vegas which are no longer there. This iconic 'Stardust' sign presented here al...

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Early 2000s Pop Art

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Jean-Michel Basquiat Annina Nosei Gallery NY 1982-1988 (Basquiat Annina Nosei)
Jean-Michel Basquiat Annina Nosei Gallery NY 1982-1988 (Basquiat Annina Nosei)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Annina Nosei Gallery NY 1982-1988 (Basquiat Annina Nosei)

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, 1982-1988: A set of 3 rare vintage original Basquiat announcement cards from 1982, 1986, 1988, respectively - with 2 published d...

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1980s Pop Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Pink Pop Art "In the Sun", 1960s
Pink Pop Art "In the Sun", 1960s

Pink Pop Art "In the Sun", 1960s

Located in Washington, DC

Psychedelic silkscreen work by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Self printed by the artist. Wonderful work and one of only two remaining from her estate. Image is from her "In the Sun" ser...

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1960s Pop Art

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Paper

Mr. Dob
Mr. Dob

Mr. Dob

By Takashi Murakami

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...

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic, Vinyl

1950 Flamingo Style - Original Quirky Pink Bird Mixed Media Pop Art by Gary John
1950 Flamingo Style - Original Quirky Pink Bird Mixed Media Pop Art by Gary John

1950 Flamingo Style - Original Quirky Pink Bird Mixed Media Pop Art 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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

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Acrylic, Illustration Board, Mixed Media

BASQUIAT Kestner-Gesellschaft exhibition catalog 1986
BASQUIAT Kestner-Gesellschaft exhibition catalog 1986

BASQUIAT Kestner-Gesellschaft exhibition catalog 1986

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jean-Michel Basquiat Hanover 1986: Rare 1986 Basquiat catalog published on the occasion of Jean-Michel Basquiat Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover: 28 November 1986 to 25 January 1987. Featuring 60 works by a then 25 year old Basquiat, Kestner is widely remembered as Basquiat’s last major exhibition during his lifetime. Medium: softcover exhibition catalogue. Bound in stiff wraps. Text in German. Approximately 100 pages. Features full-page images of over 30 Basquiat paintings, in addition to several in collaboration with Andy Warhol. Very good overall vintage condition. From a scarce edition of unknown. _ We are a 1stDibs seller since 2016 specializing in Basquiat, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, KAWS & more. _ Jean-Michel Basquiat was an influential African-American artist who rose to success during the 1980s. Basquiat’s paintings are largely responsible for elevating graffiti artists into the realm of the New York gallery scene. His spray-painted crowns and scribbled words referenced everything from his Haitian and Puerto Rican heritage, to political issues, pop-culture icons, and Biblical verse. The gestural marks and expressive nature of his work not only aligned him with the street art of Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf, but also the Neo-Expressionists Julian Schnabel and David Salle. “If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence,” he said of his process. “It's simply someone's idea going through my new mind.” Born on December 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY, Basquiat never finished high school but developed an appreciation for art as a youth, from his many visits to the Brooklyn Museum of Art with his mother. His early work consisted of spray painting buildings and trains in downtown New York alongside his friend Al Diaz. The artist’s tag was the now infamous pseudonym SAMO. After quickly rising to fame in the early 1980s, Basquiat was befriended by many celebrities and artists, including Andy Warhol, with whom he made several collaborative works. At only 27, his troubles with fame and drug addiction led to his tragic death from a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988 in New York, NY. The Whitney Museum of American Art held the artist’s first retrospective from October 1992 to February 1993. In 2017, after having set Basquiat’s auction record the previous year with a $57.3 million purchase, the Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa surpassed it, buying the artist’s Untitled (1982) at Sotheby's for $110.5 million. This set a new record for the highest price ever paid at auction for an American artist's work. Today, Basquiat's works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, among others. Related Categories: Jean-Michel Basquiat Bischofberger...

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1980s Pop Art

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Paper

The King
The King

The King

By Keith Haring

Located in Hollywood, FL

Artist: Keith Haring Title: The King Size: 23 3/8 × 29 7/8 in 59.4 × 75.9 cm Medium: Lithograph Edition: of 50 Year: 1989 Notes: Hand Signed, Numbered & Dated in Pencil. Custom F...

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1980s Pop Art

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Lithograph

Tape Collection 90 Minutes Vintage Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Tape Collection 90 Minutes Vintage Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

Tape Collection 90 Minutes Vintage Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

By Heidler & Heeps

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...

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Heart on Blends, Peter Max
Heart on Blends, Peter Max

Heart on Blends, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart on Blends Year: 2005 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 12.75 x 10 inches Condition: Excellent Inscri...

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Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Hula Doll, Las Vegas - American Pop Art Color Photography
Hula Doll, Las Vegas - American Pop Art Color Photography

Hula Doll, Las Vegas - American Pop Art Color Photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

'Hula Doll', from Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series, captured at Viva Las Vegas, this fun artwork has a cool kitsch vibe. The photograph itself has a lo-fi effect. This artwork is a...

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Early 2000s Pop Art

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

The Red Room (The Last Picture Show)

The Red Room (The Last Picture Show)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

The Red Room (The Last Picture Show) - 2005 20x20cm. Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Invent...

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1990s Pop Art

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dachshund Power, Original Painting
Dachshund Power, Original Painting

Dachshund Power, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Bright sunlight illuminates a red barn, its sliding door opening to a shadowy interior. In the foreground, a large Dachshund stands tall, like a statue, staring...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic

Basquiat Gray 1980
Basquiat Gray 1980

Basquiat Gray 1980

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jean-Michel Basquiat (untitled) Gray 1980: Basquiat illustrated & printed this exceptionally rare flyer for his band Gray in 1980. Executed similarly in the manner of his well-documented Anti-Product Cards of the period - Basquiat draws over a found image, then employs his famous William Burroughs style 'cut-up' technique; completing the piece by abstractly scrawling the word, 'Gray' above. Few known to have survived. Not to be passed upon. Literature: Jean-Michel Basquiat 1981: The Studio of the Street', (Deitch, Cortez, Vassell); Seeing Loud: Basquiat and Music (Buchhart, Bessières, Desmarais). Exhibited: Jean-Michel Basquiat 1981: The Studio of the Street: Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, New York, 2006; New York, New Music 1980-86: Museum of the City of New York (2021); Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Seeing Loud: Basquiat and Music (2022); Basquiat Soundtracks: The Philharmonie de Paris, 2023 (The Paris Philharmonic). Further background as follows: Medium: Color Xerox on paper. 1980. Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches. Condition: Good overall vintage condition; scattered soiling marks; minor signs of handling & aging; typewriting on the reverse; minor corner bending in one or more places. Unsigned from an edition of unknown; few known to have survived. Provenance: Obtained directly from a prominent Basquiat Gray...

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1980s Pop Art

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

KAWS Clean Slate Grey (KAWS grey Companion)
KAWS Clean Slate Grey (KAWS grey Companion)

KAWS Clean Slate Grey (KAWS grey Companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Clean Slate (grey) new & unopened in its original packaging. A well-received work and variation of KAWS' large scale Clean Slate sculpture - a key highlight of KAWS’ major mus...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

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Resin, Vinyl

"Radical Rosé" - Mixed Media Collage, Stencil and Acrylic
"Radical Rosé" - Mixed Media Collage, Stencil and Acrylic

"Radical Rosé" - Mixed Media Collage, Stencil and Acrylic

By Amy Smith

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Amy Smith is a self-educated contemporary artist. Born in New Jersey, she moved to Los Angeles where she found inspiration, mentors, and support in the Street Art community. In her...

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

Paradis Perdu
Paradis Perdu

Paradis Perdu

By Kenny Scharf

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: Kenny Scharf Title: Paradis Perdu Medium: Archival pigment inks with high glass varnish and diamond dust on Innova Etching cotton rag 315 gsm fine art paper Date: 2022 Editio...

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2010s Pop Art

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Archival Pigment

KAWS SEPARATED Companion (KAWS black Separated Companion)
KAWS SEPARATED Companion (KAWS black Separated Companion)

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Belonging to the Sea - Original Colorful Energetic Figurative Landscape Artwork
Belonging to the Sea - Original Colorful Energetic Figurative Landscape Artwork

Belonging to the Sea - Original Colorful Energetic Figurative Landscape Artwork

By Fabio Coruzzi

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Graphite, Oil Pastel

Balloon Dog (After) - Pink
Balloon Dog (After) - Pink

Balloon Dog (After) - Pink

By After Jeff Koons

Located in Pampilhosa da Serra, PT

A one time exclusive re-edition of 500 pcs from the highly popular 999 pcs edition of the famous "Balloon Dog". Cold cast resin, comes with its original box and certificate of authe...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

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Metal

Flower Jumper, Psychedelic Screenprint by Peter Max
Flower Jumper, Psychedelic Screenprint by Peter Max

Flower Jumper, Psychedelic Screenprint by Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Peter Max Title: Flower Jumper Year: 1978 Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 134/200 Image Size: 23 x 31 inches Size: 27 in. x 33.5 in. (...

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1970s Pop Art

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Screen

Fun Loving Criminals II by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART

Fun Loving Criminals II by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART

By BATIK

Located in London, GB

Fun Loving Criminals II by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART print Paper Size Oversize 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm Signed & numbered by artist on front Archival Pigment print ...

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

20 ML Love Happy pill Combo (Matte Black and powder pink) - figurative sculpture
20 ML Love Happy pill Combo (Matte Black and powder pink) - figurative sculpture

20 ML Love Happy pill Combo (Matte Black and powder pink) - 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 ceramic sculptures each is 20 cm long and 6.5 cm in diameter: Love 20...

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Ceramic, Automotive Paint

KAWS TIME OFF pink (KAWS Time Off companion)
KAWS TIME OFF pink (KAWS Time Off companion)

KAWS TIME OFF pink (KAWS Time Off companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS TIME OFF: A highly decorative KAWS Companion featuring KAWS’ much popularized BFF Companion in a resting position. This brightly colored, highly collectible KAWS Companion was p...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

And Then (A Deep Ocean of Ultramarine)
And Then (A Deep Ocean of Ultramarine)

And Then (A Deep Ocean of Ultramarine)

By Takashi Murakami

Located in Greenwich, CT

And Then (A Deep Ocean of Ultramarine) is an offset lithograph on paper, 19.75 x 19.75 inches, signed and numbered 150/300 lower right. Framed in a contemporary silver-tone frame.

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Offset

Bon Voyage, Pop Art Lithograph by James Rizzi
Bon Voyage, Pop Art Lithograph by James Rizzi

Bon Voyage, Pop Art Lithograph by James Rizzi

By James Rizzi

Located in Long Island City, NY

James Rizzi, American (1950 - 2011) - Bon Voyage, Year: 1989, Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: Printers Proof, Image Size: 13.75 x ...

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1980s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Alex Katz '75 Years of American Dance' 2008- Serigraph
Alex Katz '75 Years of American Dance' 2008- Serigraph

Alex Katz '75 Years of American Dance' 2008- Serigraph

By Alex Katz

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Paper Size: 51.5 x 35 inches ( 130.81 x 88.9 cm ) Image Size: 50 x 33.5 inches ( 127 x 85.09 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional D...

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Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Pop Art art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Pop 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, orange, red, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Jack Mitchell, Andy Warhol, Peter Max, and Heidler & Heeps. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Pop Art, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available.