Op Art
OP ART STYLE
The Op art movement emerged in the 1960s, mirroring the counterculture of the time in its embrace of visual trickery, graphic shapes and bright colors.
Spreading across Europe and the Americas, the style — whose name is short for “optical art” — influenced advertising, fashion and interior design before fading in the early ’70s.
Op art remained significant, however, for artists and scientists interested in the nature of perception. And today, it’s seeing a resurgence of interest from collectors and interior designers.
Op artists played with the principles of perception, manipulating line, shape, patterns and color to create the illusion of depth and movement. They drew on and evolved methods developed by past movements, from Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism, to produce intense visual experiences.
All the Op artists shared a focus on the gap between what is and what we perceive. Each, however, had a distinct approach to the issue and a unique visual style.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Op art that includes works by Josef Albers, Bridget Riley, Jesús Rafael Soto and more.
Style: Op Art
Color: Purple
BI-VEGA
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size 39.75 x 25.75 inches. Frame size approx 50 x 35 inches. From the main edition of 250.
Additional images avai...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Abstract Composition in Purple - Screen Print by V. Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition in purple in an original screenprint realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
50x70 cm.
Numbered edition.
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excelle...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Sequential IX, OP Art Silkscreen 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...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
1970's Op Art Cintique Geometric Abstract Color Gradations Silkscreen Domberger
Located in Surfside, FL
Silkscreen serigraph Op art print.
Luitpold Domberger (1912-2005 ) was a pioneer of artistic screen printing in Germany.
Luitpold (Poldi) Domberger...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Structure Cubique B
Located in Palo Alto, CA
A three dimensional quadratic figure composed of staggered cubes floats amidst a sea of two dimensional squares. In this stunning original acrylic painting, Yvaral plays with the pur...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
COMPOSITION
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size 35.5 x 20 inches. Frame size approx 49 x 32 inches. From the edition of 250.
Certificate of authenticity i...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Untitled 1960s Op Art Silkscreen Geometric Abstraction
By Doug Ohlson
Located in New York, NY
Doug Ohlson
Untitled 1960s Op Art Silkscreen, 1968
Color silkscreen on wove paper
22. × 18 1/5 inches x .5 inches
Hand signed, dated and numbered 15/50 on...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Screen, Pencil
Cosca II “VP 100”
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cosca II “VP 100”
Screen print, 1982
Signed and numbered by the artist (see photo of signature)
Edition: 325 plus 65 Vasarely Foundation (127/325)
Editor: no editor/publisher is prov...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Cubic Relationship (Op Art, Kinetic Composition)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Victor Vasarely
Cubic Relationship
Medium: Serigraph on Arches Paper
Year: 1982
Edition: 325
Image Size: 21.5 H x 19.125 W inches
Visible Sheet Size: 23.5 H x 21.5 W inches
Frame Size: 34.5 H x 31.5 W inches
Signed and numbered by hand
Framed
COA provided
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Victor Vasarely (French, 9 April 1906– 15 March 1997), was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader of the Op art movement.
His work entitled Zebra, created in 1937, is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Op art.
Vasarely was born in Pécs and grew up in Pöstyén (now Piešťany, Slovakia) and Budapest, where, in 1925, he took up medical studies at Eötvös Loránd University. In 1927, he abandoned medicine to learn traditional academic painting at the private Podolini-Volkmann Academy. In 1928/1929, he enrolled at Sándor Bortnyik's private art school called Műhely (lit. "Workshop", in existence until 1938), then widely recognized as Budapest's centre of Bauhaus studies...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Midnight Suite (Purple with Silver), OP Art Etching by 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...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
DOOR-MC
Located in Fairlawn, OH
DOOR-MC
Screen print, 1982
Signed and numbered in pencil
Printed on Arches wove paper
Published by Atelier Arcay, Paris
Edition: 325 (47/325)
Reference Benavides & Vasarely No. 894
C...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Aerial, from Twelve Progressions
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Julian Stanczak
Aerial, from Twelve Progressions
1971
Screenprint
26 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.
Edition of 90
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
ROLL
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic and indian ink on wood panel
Work done with a compass
Black exterior frame
Signed on the back
Framed dimensions: 85x130(x4)cm
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Primary Pastel Tones Pyramid Duo, Magenta, Purple, Green, Geometric Squares
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Pastel Pyramid Diptych" is an acrylic painting on high-quality watercolor paper of a minimalist architectural sculpture, drawn and painted in the style of Sol Lewitt and other minimalist artists...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
Peano Curves - Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1991
By Bruno Munari
Located in Roma, IT
Peano Curves is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1991.
Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on the lower margin.
Excellent condition.
Bruno Munar...
Category
1990s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Force Field (Purple), Screenprint by Kyohei Inukai
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kyohei Inukai, American (1913 - 1985)
Title: Force Field (Purple)
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Image Size: 21 x 25 inches
S...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Victor Vasarely, Door, 1982
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Victor Vasarely (Hungarian / French 1906 – 1997)
Door, 1982
Numbered ‘E.A. 7/9’ (lower left) and signed Vasarely (lower right)
Artist’s proof
Silkscreen print
43 x 23.1/2 in. (109.3 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen
David Roth, Abstract Screenprint, 1979
By David Roth
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by American artist David Roth. Roth's images are proportioned according to a strict mathematical formula - the pictures are composed according to horizon...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Pulse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kyohei Inukai, American (1913 - 1985)
Title: Pulse
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 37/100
Image Size: 21.75 x 25.5 inches
Size: 23...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Cubefield X, OP Art Silkscreen by Marko Spalatin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marko Spalatin, American (1945 - )
Title: Cubefield X
Year: circa 1971
Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 36/60
Image: 24.5 x 19.5 inches
Size: 30.5 x...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Repeated and Not Repeated- P1, F26, I1, Abstract Screenprint by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josef Albers
Portfolio: Formulation: Articulation (Double Portfolio)
Title: Portfolio 1, Folder 26, Image 1
Year: 1972
Medium: Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper
...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Mercurial
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil
Image Size: 25 x 18 inches
Paper Size: 30 x 22 inches
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Negative - Positive - Lithograph - 1993
By Bruno Munari
Located in Roma, IT
Negative - Positive is an original print realized by Bruno Munari in 1993
Mixed colored lithograph
Hand-signed and numbered in pencil on the lower margin. Edition VII/XXX
Printed ...
Category
1990s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
Gift From the Sun (black)
By Eric Ernst
Located in East Hampton, NY
Gift from the Sun 15"x15" $1150
8 color ultra chrome HD archival digital ink on archival paper.
Editions of 25
Print to Order
About the Artist:
Eric Ernst was born in Norwal...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hexagon, Large OP Art Painting by Arthur Boden
By Arthur Boden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arthur Boden, American XXth
Title: Untitled (Hexagon)
Year: 1975
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed verso
Size: 54 x 51.5 (104.14 cm x 152.4 cm)
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
SOPHISTICATED
By Stan Slutsky
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by the artist. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity in...
Category
Late 20th Century Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
SIX POINTS (HEXAGON SHAPED)
By Stan Slutsky
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed and titled on verso by the artist. Canvas is stretched in a hexagon shape as pictured.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of A...
Category
Late 20th Century Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Red Blue Variations, OP Art Painting by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
An acrylic painting by Roy Ahlgren circa 1970. A geometric abstract painting utilizing bright contrasting color blocks in a modern form. Signed verso, unframed.
Artist: Roy Ahlgren...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled #7 (blue, red and purple)
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Victor Vasarely
Untitled #7 (blue, red and purple)
Screenprint
13 x 10 in.
Edition of 50
Pencil signed & numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum...
Category
Late 20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen
Zaphir
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Victor Vasarely
Zaphir
c.1970
Screenprint on wove paper
13 x 10 in.
Edition of 50
Pencil signed & numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine A...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Mirroire d'Artiste
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jesus Rafael Soto, Venezuelan (1923 - 2005)
Title: Mirroire d'Artiste
Year: 2005
Medium: Mirrored Glass and Silkscreened Plexiglass Wall Sculpture, signature and number ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Op Art
Materials
Metal
Op Art art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Op art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Victor Vasarely, Roy Ahlgren, Victor Debach, and Yaacov Agam. Frequently made by artists working with Screen Print, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Op Art, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $66 and tops out at $350,000, while the average work sells for $1,616.
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