Richard Anuszkiewicz

American

“I’m interested,” Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930–2020) once said, “in making something romantic out of a very, very mechanistic geometry.” Anuszkiewicz sought to achieve this romance through works juxtaposing vibrant colors in geometric configurations. The perceptual effects he created helped define the American Op art movement.

Anuszkiewicz studied color theory at Yale under Josef Albers and was greatly influenced by Albers’s approach. “The image in my work has always been determined by what I wanted the color to do,” Anuszkiewicz explained in a 1974 catalogue. “Color function becomes my subject matter, and its performance is my painting.”

He departed from his mentor, however, in the pulsating, illusory qualities he gave his work. One of his most famous paintings, Deep Magenta Square (1978), although similar in composition to Albers’s “Homage to the Square” series, is distinctly Op art in the way the striations surrounding the central square seem to vibrate and jump off the canvas.

Anuszkiewicz spent his entire career exploring optical effects through the manipulation of line and color, producing spectacular and timeless pieces of art. “Working with basic ideas will always be exciting,” he said in 1977. “And if a color or form is visually exciting in any profound sense, it will be that way in 10 or 20 years from now.”

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Richard AnuszkiewiczRichard Anuszkiewicz Metallic Water 1960s Op Art painting Art Institute Chicago, 1964

$88,000

H 41.5 in W 41.5 in D 2 in

Richard Anuszkiewicz Metallic Water 1960s Op Art painting Art Institute Chicago

By Richard Anuszkiewicz

Located in New York, NY

Richard Anuszkiewicz Metallic Water, 1964 Painting with Liquitex on canvas. (1964 Art Institute of Chicago Exhibition and J.L. Hudson Gallery) Signed boldly and dated 1964 on the ver...

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1960s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Richard AnuszkiewiczInward Eye, #9 Geometric Abstract OP Art Screenprint by Richard Anuszkiewicz, 1970

$1,500

H 25.5 in W 19.75 in

Inward Eye, #9 Geometric Abstract OP Art Screenprint by Richard Anuszkiewicz

By Richard Anuszkiewicz

Located in Long Island City, NY

Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930 - ) created the "Inward Eye" portfolio after a conversation with a friend who said that Anuszkiewcz's works reminded him of William Blake's work....

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1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz

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Screen

Richard AnuszkiewiczRichard Anuszkiewicz 1963 Original Painting, 1963

$38,000

H 20 in W 20 in

Richard Anuszkiewicz 1963 Original Painting

By Richard Anuszkiewicz

Located in San Francisco, CA

Richard Anuszkiewicz: 1930-2020. Very important and well listed American artist. He has auction results as high as $250,000. He was the leader of what would be called OP Art short fo...

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1960s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz

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Acrylic

Richard AnuszkiewiczRichard Anuszkiewicz - Soft Lime, Signed/N 1970s geometric abstraction Op Art, 1976

$5,500

H 38 in W 46 in

Richard Anuszkiewicz - Soft Lime, Signed/N 1970s geometric abstraction Op Art

By Richard Anuszkiewicz

Located in New York, NY

Richard Anuszkiewicz Soft Lime, 1976 8 Color silkscreen on Lenox 100% Cotton paper 38 × 46 inches Pencil signed and numbered 41/75 on the front; bears printers blind stamp from NYIT (New York Institute of Technology) Unframed We have not seen another example of this gorgeous mid century silkscreen...

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1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz

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Pencil, Screen

Richard AnuszkiewiczInward Eye, 1970

$1,200

H 25.75 in W 19.75 in D 0.01 in

Inward Eye

By Richard Anuszkiewicz

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Inward Eye" 1970, is an original colors screen print by renown artist Richard Anuszkiewicz, 1930-2020. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist. The image size ...

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Late 20th Century Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz

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Screen

Richard AnuszkiewiczUntitled, 1973, Original Painting on Board, Hand Signed, 24 x 18 in., 1973

$16,000

H 24 in W 18 in

Untitled, 1973, Original Painting on Board, Hand Signed, 24 x 18 in.

By Richard Anuszkiewicz

Located in Aventura, FL

Original acrylic painting on board. Hand signed and dated 'RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ 1973' on verso. Artwork size: 24 x 18 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. About the Artist...

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1970s Abstract Richard Anuszkiewicz

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Paper, Screen

Richard AnuszkiewiczSequential V, OP Art Screenprint by Richard Anuszkiewicz, 1972

$2,500

H 28 in W 21 in

Sequential V, OP Art Screenprint by Richard Anuszkiewicz

By Richard Anuszkiewicz

Located in Long Island City, NY

Sequential V from the Sequential Portfolio by Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930–2020) Date: 1972 Screenprint, signed, dated, and numbered in pencil Edition of 165/200 Image Size: ...

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1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz

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Screen

Richard AnuszkiewiczSun Keyed, OP Art Screenprint by Richard Anuszkiewicz, 1972

$600

H 14 in W 18 in

Sun Keyed, OP Art Screenprint by Richard Anuszkiewicz

By Richard Anuszkiewicz

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930 - ) Title: Sun Keyed Year: 1972 Medium: Screenprint (unsigned) Edition: 3000 Image Size: 12 x 14 inches Size: 14 x 18 in. (35.56 x 45....

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1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz

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2025	$2,125	Abstract Prints	Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio	1979
2025	$2,500	Abstract Prints	Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio	1979

$2,313

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