screenprint on plastic film
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint in black on a transparent plastic sheet (after the drawing). This fascinating Vasarely composition was printed in Switzerland in 1970 on a flexible, clear mylar s...
Screen
Screenprint on plastic film
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint in black on a transparent plastic sheet (after the drawing). Printed in Switzerland in 1970 on a flexible, clear mylar sheet. Size: 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (267 x ...
Screen
"Saule HK" serigraph
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: silkscreen / serigraph (after the painting). Printed in 1967 by Domberger for the rare Formen der Farbe portfolio, published by Kunstverein Stuttgart of West Germany. Size: 1...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 7/8 ...
Screen
Screenprint on plastic film
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint in black on a transparent plastic sheet (after the drawing). Printed in Switzerland in 1970 on a flexible, clear mylar sheet. Size: 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (267 x ...
Screen
Screenprint on plastic film
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint in black on a transparent plastic sheet (after the drawing). Printed in Switzerland in 1970 on a flexible, clear mylar sheet. Size: 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (267 x ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
serigraph
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: serigraph (after the painting). Printed in 1968 and published by the (op)art galerie of Esslingen, Germany for a rare portfolio. Size: 9 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches (240 x 200 mm). No...
Screen
serigraph
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: serigraph (after the painting). Printed in 1968 and published by the (op)art galerie of Esslingen, Germany for a rare portfolio. Size: 9 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches (240 x 200 mm). No...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
screenprint
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Screen
"Procion" serigraph
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: serigraph (after the painting). Printed in 1968 and published by the (op)art galerie of Esslingen, Germany for a rare portfolio. Size: 9 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches (240 x 200 mm). No...
Screen
serigraph
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: serigraph (after the painting). Printed in 1968 and published by the (op)art galerie of Esslingen, Germany for a rare portfolio. Size: 9 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches (240 x 200 mm). No...
Screen
"Procion" serigraph
By (After) Victor Vasarely
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: serigraph (after the painting). Printed in 1968 and published by the (op)art galerie of Esslingen, Germany for a rare portfolio. Size: 9 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches (240 x 200 mm). No...
Screen
1970's Enamel Metal Vasarely Silkscreen Screenprint Axo Kinetic Op Art Sculpture
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Surfside, FL
Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) Axo This piece is hand signed and numbered circa 1972-1977 I have seen it described as enamel on steel and enamel on aluminium. it is a serigraph on meta...
Metal, Enamel
Helios, 1967
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Palo Alto, CA
This magnificent work by Victor Vasarely displays an intricate interplay of green optical figures against a clear background in a three-dimensional medium. It offers a fascinating vi...
Plexiglass, Screen
Holld (Moiré Tower), 1989
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1989, this acrylic and silkscreen sculpture is hand-signed by Victor Vasarely (Pécs, 1906 – Paris, 1997) in black ink in the lower right. Numbered from the edition of 75 i...
Glass, Lucite, Screen
$10,000Sale Price|33% Off
Image-miroir (Mirror Image), 1965
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1965, this sculpture is hand signed by Victor Vasarely (1906 – 1997) in black ink on one of the aluminum panels in the lower right (nearest to the center cross-section); f...
Metal
$7,000Sale Price|30% Off
Linienspiel (Line Game)
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Palo Alto, CA
This original Plexiglas with linen is numbered 5/20 in black pen in the lower left on one side. An unexpected energy is conveyed by the broken black and white lines respectively por...
Lucite, Plexiglass, Screen
Widely considered the grandfather of Op art, the French-Hungarian painter Victor Vasarely (1906–97) created eye-popping geometric abstractions that play with the viewer’s perception of depth, perspective and motion. A classic example is the 1937 Zebra, which consists of undulating black and white stripes that suggest the form of the titular animal through optical trickery. The work is often credited as the earliest Op art painting.
Such illusions were more than pleasing tricks for Vasarely, who insisted that “pure form and pure color can signify the world.” He wanted to “democratize” art by producing works in large editions at reasonable prices that were understandable across national and cultural boundaries. In the 1960s, he developed an alphabet plastique, or fine art alphabet, consisting of elementary visual building blocks that could be used in endless combinations to create original compositions. By employing this universal visual vocabulary and stripping away topical references, he sought to create what he called a “Planetary Folklore.”
Embodying Vasarely’s singular belief that art should serve a social function, accessible to all, these innovations may perhaps be his greatest contribution to 20th-century art.
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Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
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