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.
$375
Wall St. Studies #4 - Abstract Colorful Money Inspired Mixed Media Art 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
$7,500
Andy Warhol - Original acetate positive for Ladies & Gentlemen provenance Framed
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol Ladies & Gentlemen, ca. 1975 Acetate positive photograph Provenance: The Factory, (Andy Warhol's Studio) via Chromacomp (Warhol's printer, owned by Eunice & Jack ...
Photographic Paper
$375
London Ravers #22 - 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
$12,500
Ed Ruscha - All Points (Gemini RS08-3440) Lithograph on Somerset Signed/N Framed
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha - All Points (Gemini RS08-3440), 2008 Color lithograph on Somerset paper A coveted Ruscha lithograph done in the patriotic American red, white and blue colors. Pencil signe...
Lithograph
Red Pumpkin (Kusama 154)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint Edition 95 of 120 84 x 71 cm (33.1 x 28.1 in) Framed (93.9 x 81.2, 37.1 x 32.1 in) Signed, numbered, dated and titled on the front Condition upon request Window-mounted a...
Screen
David Hockney- Stanley and Boodge -Pop Art, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This poster features David Hockney’s affectionate portrait of his dachshunds, Stanley and Boodge, drawn in 1993 and rendered in his fluid, expressive style. The image highlights Hock...
Offset
TAKASHI MURAKAMI - I KNOW NOT I KNOW Hand signed & numbered. Superflat, Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
I KNOW NOT, I KNOW Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Offset lithograph with silver and UV varnish on paper Edition: 300 Size: 68.9 × 53 cm Condition: In mint conditions and not framed O...
Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
$375
Quality Time #7 - Original Abstract Figurative Color Drenched Mixed Media Art
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
Lichtenstein- Still Life with Goldfish Bowl Vintage Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Still Life with Goldfish Bowl" is a reproduction of a painting by Roy Lichtenstein, originally created in 1972. This piece captures Lichtenstein's iconic Pop Art style, making it a ...
Offset
Blue Hour Buzz - Original Blue Martini Glass 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...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Roy Lichtenstein 'Crying Girl' 1994 Pop Art Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Crying Girl is one of Roy Lichtenstein's most iconic works, epitomizing his mastery of Pop Art with its bold Ben-Day dots, comic book style, and emotionally charged subject. This ima...
Offset
Dog Painting #38 Offset Print, Pop Art, Vintage, 1995
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a reproduction of Dog Painting #38 by David Hockney, part of his much-loved series of works dedicated to his miniature dachshunds, Stanley and Boodge. Created in the mid-1990...
Offset
Andy Warhol - Deluxe Signed/N Silkscreen Lincoln Center
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol Deluxe Signed Edition of Film Festival Lincoln Center (Feldman & Schellmann, II.19), 1967 Silkscreen, die-cut on opaque acrylic Edition 2/200 (Signed and numbered on ...
Screen
$250
Roy Lichtenstein 'Interior with Skyline, Collage for Painting' Vintage Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This open edition reproduction of Interior with Skyline was published by LEM Italy with the approval of the Lichtenstein Foundation for an exhibition of his work in Rome in 2000. Buy...
Offset
Red Bridge
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Allan D'Arcangelo (1930-1998) Red Bridge, edition 120. Serigraph on Arches paper, 35 x 46 inches. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margins. Ship rolled in tube with glassi...
Lithograph
Gershwin Brothers Offset Print, Pop Art Style, 1968, Unframed, 37x26"
By Larry Rivers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vibrant composition by Larry Rivers pays tribute to the legendary George and Ira Gershwin, icons of American music. Created for a 1968 exhibition at the New York City Museum, th...
Offset
$25,000
Keith Haring - Original Radiant Baby Drawing, from the Estate of David Copley)
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
This drawing, held in a monograph has been elegantly floated in a museum quality painted wood frame under UV plexiglass. Measurements: Framed: 16 inches (vertical) by 21.75 inches (h...
Permanent Marker, Book
$1,589
Original 1988 Keith Haring American Music Festival NYC Ballet Serigraph Mint
By Keith Haring
Located in Spokane, WA
Original pop art poster: American Music Festival, New York City Ballet – 1988 by Keith Haring This New York City Ballet serigraph poster from 1988 / Keith Haring features the Ameri...
Screen
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
$10,000
Yayoi Kusama - Scarce invitation announcement Richard Castellane Gallery, Framed
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
Yayoi Kusama - Rare historic mid 1960s "Floor Show" invitation announcement at Richard Castellane Gallery, New York, 1965 Offset lithograph poster, bearing Richard Castellane Gallery's distinctive stamp logo Scarce and absolutely historic original exhibition poster invitation for Yayoi Kusama’s seminal 1965 exhibition at the Richard Castellane Gallery on Madison Avenue in York City – bearing Castellane Gallery's original official stamp on the verso. This work has been framed in a museum quality painted wood frame under UV plexiglass, with a circular die-cut window in the back to reveal the distinctive Castellane Gallery logo. Provenance: Estate of Richard Castellane Measurements: Framed 28.5 inches (vertical) by 23.5 inches (horizontal) by 2 inches Poster 21 inches (vertical) by 16 inches (horizontal) Background/Discussion In November 1965, Yayoi Kusama debuted her historic "Floor Show" exhibition at the Castellane Gallery in New York City. The gallery was exclusively owned and operated by Richard Castellane, a pioneering Ivy league educated art dealer and Renaissance man who opened the venue on Madison Avenue in 1959. Castellane champion-funded Kusama’s career, actively sold her art, and personally amassed a massive collection of her pieces. (He also hosted groundbreaking exhibitions by artists such as Robert Smithson). Castellane described Kusama as entirely "fearless" and "gutsy," noting that she never demonstrated self-doubt despite navigating a highly exclusionary, white, male-dominated 1960s art market Kusama’s 1965 "Floor Show" was one of the most vital moments in modern art history because it introduced the world's first-ever immersive mirror installation: Infinity Mirror Room—Phalli's Field. The Installation: Inside an enclosed room, the floor was covered with hundreds of stuffed, fabric phallic sculptures...
Lithograph, Offset
Ladies and Gentlemen II.136 Screenprint, Pop Art, 1975, Signed Edition
By Andy Warhol
Located in London, GB
Andy Warhol Ladies and Gentlemen II.136 (Wilhelmina Ross), 1975 colour screenprint on Arches paper hand-signed and numbered on the back 110.7 x 73.3 cm Edition 110 of 125 Published ...
Screen
$755
Giant Donut in Inglewood (Red) - Framed Colorful Still Life Mixed Media 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, Mixed Media, Spray Paint,...
David Hockney 'Autumn Trees Near Thixendale' Pop Art, 2008
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Road Across the Wolds reflects David Hockney’s lifelong love of the Yorkshire countryside, featuring sweeping roads and rolling fields rendered in his bold, expressive style. Inc...
Offset
$994
Eliara. Emergence series. bronze-toned ceramic sculpture , abstract female form
Located in Oslo, NO
Eliara embodies the moment of becoming — a fragile yet powerful transition between stillness and life. Emerging from an undefined mass, the form evokes a body in the process of awake...
Ceramic, Glaze
Framed Offset Print of Dog Painting 38, David Hockney, 1995, Excellent
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This poster features David Hockney’s beloved dog paintings from 1995, part of a deeply personal series inspired by his two dachshunds, Stanley and Boodge. Rendered with tender brushw...
Offset
$680
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT - PEZ Dispenser YP x JM Basquiat Design Neon LED Lamp
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PEZ Dispenser YP x JM Basquiat Date of creation: 2024 Medium: PVC or Silicon piping with LED lights mounted on recycled acrylic board Edition: Open Size: 40 x 50 cm Condition: Brand...
LED Light, Neon Light
Felony Money - Original Monopoly Man 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
If There Is To Be Peace - Playful Steel Street Sign Inspired Mixed Media Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Positive street signs and mindful messages characterize the work of multidisciplinary artist Scott Froschauer. Froschauer utilizes a practice called "cultural jamming," which appropr...
Metal, Steel
$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
Andy Warhol 'Vanishing Animals: La Plata River Dolphin' 1991 Pop Art Vintage
By Andy Warhol
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Offset lithograph from Andy Warhol: Vanishing Animals, a portfolio of six works published by te Neues in 1992 and printed in Germany. This particular image features the Plata River D...
Offset
Original Connor Brothers, Signed, Framed, 2020, Tell Him I Was Too Fucking Busy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: The Connor Brothers Title: Tell Him I Was Too Fucking Busy - Or Vice Versa Medium: Giclee print with silkscreen varnish Year: 2020 Edition: 36/50 Image Size: 25" x 16" Sheet ...
Varnish, Giclée, Screen
$2,946
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: With eyes on... Hand signed & numbered. Superflat, Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
With eyes on the reality of one hundred years from now Date of creation: 2013 Medium: Offset lithograph with silver on paper Edition: 300 Size: 50 x 50 cm Observations: Offset lithog...
Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT PopBox PEZ Design LED Light. Decor Style Modern Interior
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Jean-Michel Basquiat - PopBox PEZ Date of creation: 2025 Medium: Stainless steel; low-energy LED system; UV-printed plexiglass panel. Edition: Open Size: 28 x 35 x 4 cm Condition: B...
Stainless Steel
Franco Angeli 1970s Half Dollar Italian Pop Art Black and Gold Signed Painting
Located in Roma, IT
Franco Angeli's very rare United States of America gold and black Half Dollar It presents a rectangle as if forming a gray frame As usually for this artist signed in the back "Angel...
Stencil
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987), 'MYTHS - THE SHADOW' HAND-SIGNED INVITATION CARD
By Andy Warhol
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
ANDY WARHOL (after) "THE SHADOW" from "MYTHS" Invitation portfolio 1981 Offset lithograph (Invitation) Published by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc, New York City. Signed in marker to ...
Offset
Beach Umbrella Offset Print, Pop Art Style, First Edition, 1980s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This first edition poster, titled Beach Umbrella, was published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is copyrighted by David Hockney. The artwork captures Hockney's vibrant and dyna...
Offset
Roy Lichtenstein 'Thinking Nude, State I' 1997 Vintage Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
From the Nudes promotional portfolio published by Tyler Graphics in 1994, this rare offset lithograph was issued as part of an informational set including a printed title sheet listi...
Offset
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: And Then x 727 (Vermillion SHU) Hand signed Superflat, Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
And Then x 727 (Vermillion SHU) Date of creation: 2013 Medium: Offset lithograph with silver Media: Paper Edition: 300 Size: 50 x 50 cm Observations: And Then x 727 (Vermillion SHU) ...
Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
"Samuel the Buffalo" - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Melinda has studied life and its movements, developing a remarkably keen artistic technique with her flowing expressionistic style. Growing up in the Midwest she was enamored with n...
Canvas, Acrylic
Apocalypse X Offset Print, Framed Pop Art, 1980s Rare Collectible
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage offset lithograph postcard published by Art Unlimited Amsterdam. Printed in Holland. The postcard is framed in a black wood frame with a front profile of 1 inch and a side pr...
Offset
$1,000
Don Nice New York, New York, vintage poster (hand signed, inscribed by Don Nice)
By Don Nice
Located in New York, NY
Don Nice New York, New York (hand signed and inscribed by Don Nice), 1984 Rare offset lithograph poster (signed and inscribed from Don Nice to Dick Polich) Signed and inscribed in gr...
Lithograph, 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
$825
Nevermind - Playful Steel & Metal Street Sign Inspired Free Standing Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Positive street signs and mindful messages characterize the work of multidisciplinary artist Scott Froschauer. Froschauer utilizes a practice called "cultural jamming," which appropr...
Metal, Steel
David Hockney Deluxe Signed LtEd Olympic Diver in Swimming Pool
Located in New York, NY
"Water in swimming pools changes its look more than any other form. If the water surface is almost still and there is a strong sun, then dancing lines with the color of the spectrum ...
Lithograph, Offset
Roy Lichtenstein 'Nude with Blue Hair, State 1' 1997 Vintage Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Nude with Blue Hair” by Roy Lichtenstein, from the Nudes series published by Tyler Graphics in 1994. A striking late-period work showcasing Lichtenstein’s signature Pop language — b...
Offset
Spiral Dance - Original Quirky Figurative Pop Artwork on Newspaper 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, Acrylic, Newsprint
$10,000
Eternal Recurrence #17 and #13 Diptych. Large limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zupan combines images from old masters, alchemical prints, contemporary artists, and bits from magazines and newspapers to create overlapping, intersecting worlds of transparencies a...
Archival Pigment
$188,900
Yayoi Kusama -Original HAND SIGNED 7/30 Pumpkin (Red) Sculpture on base with box
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
Yayoi Kusama Original Limited Edition hand signed and numbered Pumpkin (Red), 1998 Painted cast resin on ceramic tile in the original wood box, display plate and paper box Signed and...
Ceramic, Resin
$975Sale Price|45% Off
Chroma 'LUCY IN THE SKY' Sculpture, Huichol Series, Mixed Media, 2026
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
By CHROMA (Rick Wolfryd) ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FIGURES FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY! 20 H x 8.5 W x 9 D inches "Lucy in the Sky" transforms one of popular culture's most recognizab...
Glass, Mixed Media
L'Enfant et les Sortilèges Serigraph, Pop Art, 1981, Limited Edition
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This poster designed by David Hockney was part of a series of three billboards commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1981. Designed specifically for the producti...
Screen
"Bella the Buffalo" - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Melinda has studied life and its movements, developing a remarkably keen artistic technique with her flowing expressionistic style. Growing up in the Midwest she was enamored with n...
Canvas, Acrylic
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd DANCING SNOOPY Figure 2 AP 2026 BEST OF CHROMA!!!
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
CHROMA 2026 — DANCING SNOOP DAWG SCULPTURE (Huichol Technique) BEST OF CHROMA! A sculptural reinterpretation of one of popular culture's most beloved figures through the CHROMA lang...
Glass, Mixed Media
Only Elvis Gold Limited Edition Print, Pop Art, Signed, 40x30 Inches
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Only Elvis Gold by B A T I K signed limited edition print pop art print of the infamous mock arrest mugshot of Elvis Presley. Archival pigment print paper size 40x30 inches / 1...
Color, Archival Pigment
Roy Lichtenstein M...Maybe-Serigraph Pop Art Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare first edition serigraph poster of M...Maybe, 1965, printed in 1979 in Tel Aviv, Israel, for an exhibition featuring works from The Tel Aviv Collection and The Ludwig Collection,...
Screen
Art Card: Robert Rauschenberg, Creek, 1964 Hand Signed offset postcard, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph card Provenance: Collection of Dan Pope, CBS News photographer who amassed an impressive collection of signed artist cards during the 1980s-1990s, acquired directly...
Lithograph, Offset
Original Michael Jackson, Time Magazine, Andy Warhol authentic poster linen
By Andy Warhol
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Andy Warhol vintage poster with Michael Jackson for Time Magazine March 1984. This vintage poster created by Andy Warhol was the image used for the cover of Time Magazine ...
Offset
OCD Sticker Bomb Mirror Pop Art Culture Collage Street Art work Banksy
By OCD
Located in New York, NY
Street art Stickers on a mirror with permanent marker. Unique Pop art from an emerging artist using a familiar style of collage and famous street and pop artists to create a unique...
Mirror, Plastic, Permanent Marker
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
$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
$280Sale Price|20% Off
Wayne Thiebaud 'Meringue Mix' 2012 Pop Art Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Meringue Mix, originally painted by Wayne Thiebaud in 1995, showcases the artist’s celebrated approach to depicting desserts with rich color, texture, and whimsical appeal. This repr...
Offset
By working with lettering, neon and Pop imagery, Chryssa pioneered several postmodern themes at a time when most male artists detested commercial mediums.
Celebrate the queen's Platinum Jubilee with a glittering, Pop-art version of the most famous and thought-provoking photo of Her Royal Majesty.
More than three decades after his death, the prolific Pop artist and cultural icon's body of work continues to captivate. Here's a primer of some of his most notable motifs and mediums.
Assouline imagines a most impressive trove of works by the Pop art star.
The artist who claimed to be superficial continues to intrigue audiences more than 30 years after his death.
A new exhibition in Philadelphia stars a complex decade that continues to inspire.