“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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"Yellow Reversed" original lithograph
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1970 and published by Art In America. Size: 11 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches (283 x 427 mm). This lithograph was published as a folded sheet with a cent...
Lithograph
Inward Eye, #3 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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Inward Eye, #6 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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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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Inward Eye, #1 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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Spring Suite (Yellow with Yellow), OP Art Etching by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Inward Eye, #7 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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Celebrate New York, OP Art Screenprint by Richard Anuszkiewicz 1973
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Celebrate New York Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930–2020) Date: 1973 Screenprint, signed, dated, and numbered in pencil lower right Edition of 300 Image Size: 29 x 22 inches Size...
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Richard Anuszkiewicz Celebrate New York, hand signed inscribed silkscreen poster
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Celebrate New York (hand signed limited edition poster), 1974 Silkscreen on wove paper Hand-signed by artist, signed, dated and inscribed "to Lowell" on the fron...
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Inward Eye, #5 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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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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Inward Eye #10, 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....
Screen
$2,500
Midnight Suite (Blue with Black), OP Art Etching by Richard Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the Op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
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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Inward Eye, #2 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....
Screen
$1,500
1920 League of Women Voters, OP Art Screenprint by Richard Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
The 50th Anniversary of the League of Women Voters Screenprint Poster from 1970, designed by Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930 - 2020) printed in 1969,...
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Red II, OP Art Screenprint on Panel by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930 - ) Title: Untitled - Red Year: 1991 Medium: Silkscreen on Panel mounted to Silkscreened Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 6...
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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...
Pencil, Screen
Autumn Suite (Green with Red), OP Art etching by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
Etching, Aquatint
Sequential I - X
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in London, GB
Richard Anuszkiewicz Sequential Prints: Sequential I - X 1972 Screenprint on paper, Edition of 200 71.1 x 53.3 cms (28 x 21 ins)
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Winter Suite (Light Blue with Blue), OP Art Etching by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Grey tinted Rainbow, Geometric Abstract dazzling Op Art Framed assemblage Signed
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ Grey Tinted Rainbow, 1992 Assemblage with 14 Color Silkscreen and Lithograph Pencil signed and numbered 11/40 on the front Frame included: elegantly framed in a ...
Mixed Media, Pencil, Lithograph, Screen
Op Art Bowl for Hirshhorn Museum, Limited Edition 1970s glazed enamel and metal
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Op Art Bowl for Hirshhorn Museum, 1976 Glazed Enamel on Metal Bowl. Artists Signature Fired in Plate Anuszkiewicz' signature fired onto the underside of bowl Lim...
Metal, Enamel
Richard Anuszkiewicz - Soft Satellite Red, historic Op Art Silkscreen signed/N
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Soft Satellite Red, 1981 Silkscreen on wove paper Signed, dated and numbered 53 from the edition of 100 in pencil by the artist on the front. Bears label from Me...
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Inward Eye, #8 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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Richard Anusziewicz Annual Edition. Limited Ed. Op Art silkscreen on masonite
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Annual Edition, 1987-1988 Limited edition silkscreen on masonite Signed and dated by the artist lower right in pencil Frame Included (floated within a box frame)...
Masonite, Screen
ANUSZKIEWICZ, monograph (hand signed and inscribed by Richard Anuszkiewicz)
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz ANUSZKIEWICZ by Karl Lunde (hand signed and inscribed by Richard Anuszkiewicz), 1977 Hardback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed and inscribed by Richard An...
Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Ink, Board
Red to Green Portal
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Red to Green Portal Aquatint, 1979 Signed and dated in pencil lower right (see photo) Edition: 95 (84/95), see photo Provenance: U.S. Representative James A. Leach, retired Condition...
Aquatint
Winter Suite (Green with Silver), OP Art Etching by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Richard Anuszkiewicz, 6 Seritypien - Portfolio of 6 Prints, Op Art from 1965
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Hamburg, DE
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930-2020) 6 Seritypien, 1965 Medium: Screenprint on Schoellers Hammer card Dimensions: 24 2/5 × 24 2/5 in (62 × 62 cm) Edition of 125: Each print is ...
Screen
$3,112
Richard Anuszkiewicz, Six Squares - Signed Screen Print from 1969, Op Art
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Hamburg, DE
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930–2020) Six Squares, 1969 Medium: Screenprint on card Dimensions: 64 x 94 cm (25 x 37 in) Edition of 200: Hand-signed and numbered in pencil
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Inward Eye #4, 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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Summer Suite (Red with Gold IV)
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
$3,352
Richard Anuszkiewicz, Six Squares - Signed Screen Print from 1969, Op Art
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Hamburg, DE
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930–2020) Six Squares, 1969 Medium: Screenprint on card Dimensions: 64 x 94 cm (25 x 37 in) Edition of 200: Hand-signed and numbered in pencil
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Annual Edition, 1994
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Annual Edition, 1994 Screen print, 1994 Signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Small edition Dedicated in pencil by the artist "For Bart and Ann" Created as a gift to the artist'...
Screen
$3,352
Richard Anuszkiewicz, Six Squares - Signed Screen Print from 1969, Op Art
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Hamburg, DE
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930–2020) Six Squares, 1969 Medium: Screenprint on card Dimensions: 64 x 94 cm (25 x 37 in) Edition of 200: Hand-signed and numbered in pencil
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New York City Opera
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz New York City Opera, 1968 Silkscreen poster 35 x 25 inches Unsigned Anuszkiewicz created this poster, which was part of "Seve...
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