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.
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
$4,500
Walasse Ting - Green Cat, etching and aquatint, Signed/N, scarce Italian print
By Walasse Ting
Located in New York, NY
Walasse Ting 丁雄泉 Green Cat, 1984 Color etching and aquatint on copper plate, printed on Fabriano Rosaspina paper Pencil signed, numbered 178/230, dated 1984 along with artist's perso...
Ink, Mixed Media, Pencil, Graphite, Etching, Aquatint
$375
Redondo Beach Boutique - Original Figurative Color Drenched Still Life 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
$8,200
World Travelers - Framed Illustrative Figurative Man & Woman Pop Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nelson De La Nuez is one of the most sought-after contemporary Pop artists practicing today. His striking, vivid mixed media artwork borrows motifs and messages from the language of ...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$679
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
$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
$413
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT - The Crown YP x JM Basquiat Design Neon LED Lamp
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The Crown 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 30 cm Condition: Brand new...
LED Light, Neon Light
$3,157 / item
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: Phantasma - Hand signed & numbered. Superflat, Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
TAKASHI MURAKAMI - PHANTASMA Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Offset lithograph with silver on paper Edition: 300 Size: 68 x 68 cm Observations: Offset lithograph with silver on paper ...
Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
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
$187Sale Price|25% Off
Roy Lichtenstein Still Life with Goldfish Bowl Vintage Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Still Life with Goldfish Bowl is a 1980 vintage blank greeting card, originally printed for the Guggenheim Museum. The card is framed in a white wood frame with a front profile of 1 ...
Offset
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
Venice, Pop Art Screenprint by Mori Shizume
By Mori Shizume
Located in Long Island City, NY
Venice by Mori Shizume, Japanese (1928–2014) Date: 1979 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 200 Size: 21.5 in. x 30 in. (54.61 cm x 76.2 cm) Image Size: 15.75 x 27 ...
Screen
YOSHITOMO NARA - WE ARE PUNKS MUG (Small) Design modern pop art urban Japan
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Yoshitomo Nara - We are punks Mug Small Date of creation: 2011 Medium: Porcelain Edition: Open Size: 65 x Φ85 mm (200ml) Condition: Brand new, inside its custom box Description: A s...
Porcelain
Beam Me Doggie - Original Quirky Figurative Pop Art 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
$3,604 / item
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: Clairvoyance - Hand signed & numbered. Superflat, Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
CLAIRVOYANCE Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Offset lithograph with silver on paper Edition number: 185/300 Size: 68 x 68 cm Observations: Offset lithograph with silver on paper hand ...
Varnish, Lithograph, 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
$202Sale Price|25% Off
Edward Ruscha 'Standard Station' 1992 Pop Art Vintage
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Offset lithograph from a portfolio of six prints published by the Museum of Modern Art, now out of print. Ed Ruscha’s Standard Station is among his most iconic images, encapsulating...
Offset
$108Sale Price|20% Off
ABSTRACT MOOD
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original hand drawn artwork by Daria Kusto. Ink ,acrylic markers on Paper, varnish. not including frame. The magic flow reality... Shipping from Spain, safely and promptly.
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
ABSTRACT FACE
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original hand drawn artwork by Daria Kusto. Ink ,markers on Paper, varnish. not including frame. The magic flow reality... Shipping from Spain, safely and promptly.
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
KEITH HARING - PopBox BARKING DOG. Design LED Light. Decor Style Interior Modern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Keith Haring - PopBox Barking Dog Date of creation: 2025 Medium: Stainless steel; low-energy LED system; UV-printed plexiglass panel. Edition: Open Size: 35 x 21.2 x 4 cm Condition:...
Stainless Steel
$113Sale Price|20% Off
BASQUIAT & HARING
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original hand drawn artwork by Daria Kusto. Ink , Watercolor ,markers on Paper, not including frame. The magic flow reality... Shipping from Spain, safely and promptly.
Permanent Marker, Acrylic
$2,891
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: PANDA FAMILY AND ME Pop Art Japanese Skulls Flowers Colors
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Takashi Murakami - PANDA FAMILY AND ME Date of creation: 2013 Medium: Offset lithograph with silver on paper Edition: 300 Size: 50 x 50 cm Observations: Offset lithograph with silver...
Paper, Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
$337Sale Price|25% Off
Tintin Reading Poster, Pop Art Offset Print, 20th Century, Unframed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an authentic and official poster, not a third-party unauthorized version. Designed for a Roy Lichtenstein retrospective in Brussels, Belgium, in 1994-1995, it includes art re...
Offset
$35,000
Jasper Johns - Fool's House -iconic 1972 10 color lithograph, Signed/N, Framed
By Jasper Johns
Located in New York, NY
Jasper Johns Fool's House, 1972 10 color lithograph on Angoumois à la Main handmade paper on a single lithographic stone with an aluminum etching plate with deckled edges Pencil sign...
Lithograph
SKULL DOG
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original hand drawn artwork by Daria Kusto. Ink , markers on Paper, not including frame. The magic flow reality... Shipping from Spain, safely and promptly.
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Large Pop Art Screenprint Collage Photo Lithograph Goat Chow Robert Rauschenberg
Located in Surfside, FL
Robert Rauschenberg (1925 - 2008) Artwork title: Goat Chow (Chow Bags) Date: 1977 Medium: Color screenprint, stitching with collage and hand sewing on paper. Hand signed lower right ...
Thread, Screen
$1,000
Robert Indiana - Original 1966 Stable Gallery LOVE poster, silkscreen on paper
Located in New York, NY
This is the original, historic silkscreen poster from Robert Indiana's historic 1966 LOVE exhibition at the Stable Gallery in New York. The print itself was published in a very limit...
Screen
Marilyn with a Bun -Original Quirky Figurative Pop Art Portrait 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
$122Sale Price|35% Off
LOVE NATURE
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original artwork by Daria Kusto. AcrIcrylic on Wotercolor Paper. The magic flow reality... Shipping from Spain, safely and promptly.
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Cherry Drop Glass - Original Quirky Still Life Pop Art 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
Original GRATEFUL DEAD Skull and Roses 1971 Tour poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Grateful Dead “Skeleton & Roses” Poster (1971) — Tour Blank. Grade A, A- condition, ready to frame. A striking 1971 Grateful Dead poster f...
Offset
Neuschwanstein
By Andy Warhol
Located in London, GB
Andy Warhol "Neuschwanstein" 1987. Offset lithograph & silkscreen on varick rag. The second edition of Neuschwanstein, jointly published by Edition Schellmann, Maximilian Verlag ...
Offset, Screen
$132Sale Price|30% Off
RED HORSE
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original artwork by Daria Kusto. Ink , markers on Paper. The magic flow reality... Shipping from Spain, safely and promptly.
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Two Kings Walk In - Original Quirky Crowns Pop Art 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
Lifetime of Adventures - Original Framed Figurative Man & Woman Pop Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nelson De La Nuez is one of the most sought-after contemporary Pop artists practicing today. His striking, vivid mixed media artwork borrows motifs and messages from the language of ...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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
$885Sale Price|25% Off
Square 3D Wall Relief in Clay Floral Aggregation Mosaic in Soft Multicolor Tones
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This square wall sculpture presents a high-relief surface of densely packed, hand-modeled clay forms arranged in non-hierarchical clusters that evoke buds, seeds, and cellular struct...
Clay, Spray Paint, Board
My Tomato Soup - Framed Quirky Still Life Mixed Media Pop Artwork 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, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$146Sale Price|25% Off
Keith Haring Apocalypse VI Offset Print, Framed Pop Art, 1980s
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
Original acetate positive for Ladies & Gentlemen ca. 1975 with 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
$225Sale Price|25% Off
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
Cy Twombly - Exhibition Galleria La Tartaruga 1968 - Vintage Poster - 1968
By Cy Twombly
Located in Roma, IT
Cy Twombly Exhibition Galleria La Tartaruga 1968 is a very rare and precious exhibition offset print on ivory colored paper. The artwork was realized in the occasion of the first ar...
Lithograph, Offset
The One, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In a shaft of late-afternoon light, a woman sits half-submerged in an antique tub. The deep green walls around her fall into shadow. She looks at her rubber duc...
Oil
$187Sale Price|25% Off
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
Roy Lichtenstein - I Know How You Made Me Feel, Brad! - MoMA VIP Invite, SIGNED
Located in New York, NY
Historically scarce -- hand signed museum invitations by Lichtenstein from MoMA, where the artist attended himself, rarely surface, especially when framed and preserved at this level...
Lithograph, Offset
$7,500
Flowerball: Colorful, Miracle, Sparkle, Pop Art Print by Takashi Murakami
Located in Long Island City, NY
Takashi Murakami, Japanese (1962 - ) - Flowerball: Colorful, Miracle, Sparkle, Year: 2022, Medium: Offset Lithograph, signed and numbered in silver marker lower right, Edition: 10...
Offset
$5,500
John Travolta Interview Magazine cover (Hand Signed by Andy Warhol) + Provenance
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Historic signed Andy Warhol Interview cover - hand signed by Warhol with unique provenance. Elegantly framed and ready to hang! Andy Warhol Interview Magazine (hand signed by Andy W...
Lithograph, Offset
$1,800Sale Price|20% Off
Diane, John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: John Kacere (1930-1999) Title: Diane Year: 1979 Edition: A.P.; 200, plus proofs. Medium: Lithograph on Waterford paper Size: 19 x 28 inches Inscription: Signed by the artist ...
Lithograph
Swim-in-Pool, Las Vegas, Nevada - Americana Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Swim-in-Pool, photograph from Richard Heeps Dream in Colour series. This fun original artwork really shows Richard's unique eye as a photographer, creating this slightly surreal kits...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$885Sale Price|25% Off
Multicolor 3D Floral-Inspired Wall Sculpture Mosaic of Spherical Floral Forms
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This square wall-mounted sculpture features a dense surface of hand-molded clay spheres in assorted sizes and colors, arranged into compact floral-like clusters. Flower Bubbles (202...
Clay, Spray Paint, Board
Takashi Murakami Flowers Skateboard Decks: set of 3 works (Murakami skateboard)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Takashi Murakami Flowers Skateboard Decks: set of 3 works: Vibrant Takashi Murakami wall art produced as a limited series in conjunction with the 2017 Murakami exhibit: The Octopus E...
Wood, Lithograph, Offset
Object in the Mirror, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A vintage sedan cuts through a blazing blue desert sky as the driver glances out the window, caught between curiosity and concern. He knows mirages are common i...
Oil
Money 3-D pop art using perler beads framed gold contemporary pixels
Located in New York, NY
3-D hand made artwork using Perler beads and mixed media in a gold frame the artist lives and works out of Sweden and is represented by Krause Gallery in NYC
Plastic, Wood
Desert Drama, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist John Jaster captures a Southwestern landscape framed by two towering saguaro cacti and a dry creek bed winding through weathered cliffs. Vivid green and ...
Acrylic
Original Connor Brothers, Signed, Framed, 2020, Those Who Say It Cannot Be ...
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: The Connor Brothers Title: Those Who Say It Cannot Be Done Medium: Giclee print with silkscreen varnish Year: 2020 Edition: 19/50 Sheet Size: 16 1/2" x 11 1/2" Frame Size: 21...
Varnish, Giclée, Screen
Twist on Starry - Abstract Vincent Van Gogh Inspired Artwork 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, Foam Board
$217Sale Price|25% Off
Jasper Johns Map Offset Lithograph, Framed Pop Art, 1992 Edition
By Jasper Johns
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Offset Lithograph from a portfolio of six prints published by the Museum of Modern Art, but now out of print. Jasper Johns Map is one of his most celebrated and recognizable works, ...
Offset
$141Sale Price|25% Off
SKULL TIGER
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto. Acrylic markers on paper. The magic flow reality... Shipping from Spain, safely and promptly.
Permanent Marker
$141Sale Price|25% Off
SKULL DOG
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original artwork by Daria Kusto. AcrIcrylic on Wotercolor Paper. The magic flow reality... Shipping from Spain, safely and promptly.
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
$285Sale Price|25% Off
David Hockney 'Two Deckchairs, Calvi' 1985 Pop Art Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Exhibition poster created for the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam, showcasing David Hockney’s Two Deckchairs, Calvi. With its bold colors and sunlit charm, this image captures Hockney’s unmistakable style and timeless appeal. Original museum posters...
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.