Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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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Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz
Annual Edition, Lt. Ed. 1970s mixed media Op Art silkscreen on board hand signed
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Annual Edition, 1970
Silkscreen on Masonite
Signed and dated in graphite pencil lower right recto. Edition of 100
8 × 5 1/10 × 1/5 inches
Unframed
Signed and dat...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Masonite, Screen, Graphite
Celebrate New York, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Richard Anuszkiewicz
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 31/300
Image Size: 29 x 22 inches
S...
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Sun Keyed, OP Art Silkscreen 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:...
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The Paris Review, signed and numbered 1960s Op Art geometric abstraction print
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz
The Paris Review, 1965
Silkscreen on Beckett 90 lb. Hi-White paper with vellum finish
31 × 26 inches
Edition 23/150
Signed lower left; dated and numbered lower r...
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1960s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Pencil, Screen
Inward Eye #3, OP Art Silkscreen by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publishers stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500.
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Inward Eye, #2 OP Art Serigraph by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publishers stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500.
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Soft Lime, Signed/N 1970s geometric abstraction by renowned Op Artist 38" x 46"
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Soft Lime, 1976
8 Color silkscreen on Lenox 100% Cotton paper
38 × 48 inches
Pencil signed and numbered 41/75 on the front; bears printers blind stamp from NYIT ...
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1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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1920 League of Women Voters, 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, unsigned. Richard Anuszkiewicz’s use ...
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Grey tinted Rainbow (Geometric Abstraction) dazzling Op Art framed assemblage
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ
Grey Tinted Rainbow, 1992
Assemblage with 14 Color Silkscreen and Lithograph
Edition of 40
Pencil signed and numbered 11/40 on the front
Frame included: elegantl...
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1990s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Lithograph, Screen, Mixed Media, Pencil
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...
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1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Ink, Board
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'...
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1990s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Screen
Winter Suite (Light Blue with Light 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...
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1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Annual Edition
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)...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Masonite, Screen
Celebrate New York (hand signed limited edition 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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Soft Satellite Red
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 Metzenbaum campaign on back of frame
Vintage metal period frame included
Terrific 1980s Op Art silkscreen, pencil signed and numbered from the limited edition of only 100. This work is framed in its original vintage frame, and bears the label from the campaign for Metzenbaum for Senator - the longtime Democratic Senator from the state of Ohio, along with a biographical blurb on the artist. Don't forget that Anuszkiewicz studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art in the 1950s before studying with Albers at Yale - so it is not surprising that he would contribute this work several decades later to support a liberal politician from Ohio - where he once studied. (Anuszkiewicz was born in Eerie Pennsylvania).
Measurements:
Framed:
36 x 36 x 0.5 inches
Artwork:
35 x 35 inches
Provenance:
Originally sold to raise funds for Senator Metzenbaum's campaign.
Very good; the work is held in its original 1980s vintage frame...
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1980s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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1920 League of Women Voters, 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, unsigned. Richard Anuszkiewicz’s use ...
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1960s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Inward Eye, #9 OP Art Screenprint by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Inward Eye 9
Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930–2020)
Date: 1970
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 34/100
Size: 25.5 x 19.75 in. (64.77 x 50.17 cm)
Printer: Dom...
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Inward Eye #8, OP Art Silkscreen by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publishers stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500.
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American ...
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Inward Eye, #5 OP Art Serigraph by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited-edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publisher's stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500.
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American...
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Grey Tinted Rainbow
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition on hand is HC 2/3. Printed at Graphicstudio in Florida, this combination print by Richard Anuszkiewicz was printed with a set of two other editions in 1991. This work is comp...
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1990s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Lithograph, Screen
Midnight Suite (Blue with Black), Abstract 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 configurations. Each of his prints has its own rhythm and, therefore, its own energy as part of a lyrical composition.
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz
Title: Midnight Suite (Blue with Black)
Year: 1979
Medium: Intaglio Etching with Aquatint on Somerset, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 95, AP 15
Image Size: 21.6 x 21.6 inches
Paper Size: 31.25 x 30.2 inches
Printer: Deli Sacilotto...
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1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Red with Green, 1990 print by OpArt Cleveland artist Richard Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930-2020)
Red with Green, 1990
Silkscreen on paper
Signed and dated lower right, numbered 8/20 lower left
13.75 x 14.25 inches
23.75 x 24 inches, framed
Richard Anuszkiewicz was born in Erie, Pennsylvania to Polish immigrants. While at the Cleveland Institute of Art, he studied plein-air painting with Henry Hensche. After winning a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship in 1953, Anuszkiewicz attended Yale University where he studied under Josef Albers. While at Yale he studied alongside fellow Cleveland Op artist Julian Stanczak. After receiving his M.F.A. at Yale, Anuszkiewicz went on to Kent State University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education.
At just age 23, his work was exhibited at the May Show at the Cleveland Institute of Art. He was given his first solo show in March 1960 in New York.
Because of his early success, Anuszkiewicz had the freedom to pursue his ideas creatively. Anuszkiewicz was one of the leading artists of the Op Art movement during the 1960s and 1970s. His style is distinctive for its high-intensity colors that he applies to geometric configurations. Many of Anuszkiewicz works are reminiscent of Josef Albers paintings...
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1990s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Inward Eye #10, OP Art Serigraph by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publishers stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500.
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, Americ...
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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
Condition: Excelle...
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Aquatint
Sequential IX, OP Art Silkscreen by Richard Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930-2020 ), one from Sequential Portfolio, 1972, silkscreen printed in colors, 28 x 21 in. (71.12 x 53.34 cm), unsigned and unnumbered aside from th...
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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 ...
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1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Inward Eye, #4 OP Art Serigraph by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publishers stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500.
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American ...
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Inward Eye, #2 OP Art Serigraph by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publishers stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500.
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American ...
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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 ...
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1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
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 ...
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1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
Inward Eye, #1 OP Art Serigraph by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publishers stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500.
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American ...
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1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Midnight Suite (Purple with Silver), OP Art Etching by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz
Title: Midnight Suite (Purple with Silver)
Year: 1979
Medium: Intaglio Etching with Aquatint on Somerset, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 95, AP 1...
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1920 League of Women Voters, Large OP Art Screenprint by Anuszkiewicz 1969
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930 - )
Title: 1920 League of Women Voters
Year: 1969
Medium: Screenprint (unsigned)
Image Size: 18 x 37 inches
Size: 22.5 in. x 39.5 in. (57...
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1920 League of Women Voters, Large OP Art Screenprint by Anuszkiewicz 1969
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930 - )
Title: 1920 League of Women Voters
Year: 1969
Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, and dated in pencil
Edition: 144, AP III/IX
Ima...
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Celebrate New York, Screenprint by Richard Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930 - )
Title: Celebrate New York
Year: 1973
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 300
Image Size: 28.75 x 22.25 inches
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Summer Suite (Red with Gold I), 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 ...
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1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
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 ...
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1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Red to Blue Portal
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ
Red to Blue Portal, 1977
Screenprint on masonite
83 1/2 x 47 3/4 inches
Edition of 50
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1970s Abstract Geometric Richard Anuszkiewicz Abstract Prints
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Masonite, Screen
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