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.
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Style: Op Art
New York City Opera
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...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Inward Eye, #3 Geometric Abstract OP Art Screenprint 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....
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Inward Eye, #1 Geometric Abstract OP Art Screenprint 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....
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Image-miroir (Mirror Image), 1965
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...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Metal
$10,000 Sale Price
33% Off
Inward Eye, #9 Geometric Abstract OP Art Screenprint 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....
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
CARLOS CRUZ-DÍEZ - COULEUR ADDITIVE PERSEUS. Op Art. Limited edition
Located in Madrid, Madrid
CARLOS CRUZ-DÍEZ - COULEUR ADDITIVE PERSEUS
Date of creation: 2017
Medium: Three screen prints on paper
Edition: 50
Size: 100 x 70 cm (each work)
Condition: In perfect conditions, br...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
CARLOS CRUZ-DÍEZ - CROMOVELA 19. Limited edition sculpture. Op Art, Modern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
CARLOS CRUZ-DÍEZ - CROMOVELA 19
Date of creation: 2018
Medium: Polychrome ceramic
Edition: 20
Size: 62 x 21 x 16 cm
Condition: In mint condition
This beautiful sculpture of 62 cm he...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Ceramic
Ezinor (Crystal): The Discourse on Method - Op Art Illusion Hungarian Descartes
Located in London, GB
This original screenprint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Vasarely” in the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 138, at the l...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Optical Abstraction by Enrico Sirello, 1974 - Italian Arte Programmata Movement
Located in Firenze, IT
Optical Abstraction by Enrico Sirello, 1974 - Italian Arte Programmata Movement
Enrico Sirello (Livorno, 1930 - 2012)
Study for a Mural no. 1 (Black Background and Red Axes), 1974
A...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Yaacov Agam, Color Composition, from XXe siecle, 1978
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Yaacov Agam (born 1928), titled Composition coloree (Color Composition), from the album XXe siecle, Nouvelle serie, XL Annee, No. 51, originates from the...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
CARLOS CRUZ-DÍEZ - CROMOVELA 12. Limited edition sculpture. Op Art, Modern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
CARLOS CRUZ-DÍEZ - CROMOVELA 12
Date of creation: 2018
Medium: Polychrome ceramic
Edition: 20
Size: 62 x 21 x 16 cm
Condition: In mint condition
This beautiful sculpture of 62 cm he...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Ceramic
CARLOS CRUZ-DÍEZ - CROMOVELA TRIPTYCH 18. Limited edition sculpture. Op Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
CARLOS CRUZ-DÍEZ - CROMOVELA TRIPTYCH 18
Date of creation: 2018
Medium: Polychrome ceramic
Edition: 8
Size: 60 x 50 x 13 cm
Condition: In mint condition
This beautiful sculpture con...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Ceramic
CSW 2024.4 (Aquatic whisper of emerald artichoke turquoise green grid painting)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "CSW" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniques on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Op Art
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Oltar-Zoeld
Located in Miami, FL
Victor Vasarely
“Oltar-Zoeld” 1985/86
Silkscreen on paper
Edition 57 of 295
42 x 68 in
Victor Vasarely (9 April 1906 – 15 March 1997), was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely a...
Category
20th Century Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
Pleïone, from: The Discourse on Method - Op Art Illusion Hungarian Descartes
Located in London, GB
This original screenprint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Vasarely” in the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 138, at the l...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Screen
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
$2,962 Sale Price
25% Off
CARLOS CRUZ-DÍEZ - COULEUR À L’ESPACE NOVA. Op Art. Limited edition sculpture
Located in Madrid, Madrid
CARLOS CRUZ-DÍEZ - COULEUR À L’ESPACE NOVA
Date of creation: 2012
Medium: Chromography on PVC and steel
Edition: 75
Size: 52 x 12 x 12 cm
Condition: In perfect conditions, brand new
...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Screen
Red is a Red, OpArt red geometric acrylic painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Julian Stanczak (American, 1928–2017)
Red is a Red, 1969
Acrylic on canvas
Signed, dated and titled verso
28 x 28 inches
29 x 29 inches, framed
OpArt red geometric acrylic painting
...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Acrylic
serigraph
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...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Israeli Op Art Kabbala Mandala Abstract Oil Painting Judaica Jacob Kaszemacher
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed lower right
Dated with Hebrew date 5747 (approximately 1987)
Oil on Canvas
Ya'acov Kaszemacher, well-known artist and photographer whose unique images of Hassidic festi...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Oil
Helios, 1967
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...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Screen
Op-Art Zebra Silkscreen by Vasarely
Located in Greenwich, CT
Victor Vasarely (French, 1908-1997)
"Zebra", 1980’s.
Color silkscreen on cast paper, edition of 200, signed in pencil lower right, numbered 37/200 in pencil lower left, produced by ...
Category
1950s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
CARLOS CRUZ-DÍEZ - CROMOVELA 11. Limited edition sculpture. Op Art, Modern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
CARLOS CRUZ-DÍEZ - CROMOVELA 11
Date of creation: 2018
Medium: Polychrome ceramic
Edition: 20
Size: 80 x 21 x 16 cm
Condition: In mint condition
This sculpture belongs to one of the...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Ceramic
serigraph
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...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Veiled (from Twelve Progressions), Julian Stanczak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Julian Stanczak (1928-2017)
Title: Veiled (from Twelve Progressions)
Year: 1971
Edition: 53/90, plus proofs
Medium: Three color silkscreen on Fabriano paper
Size: 32.25 x 26 ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Pixis
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Victor Vasarely
Pixis
Screenprint
17 3/8 x 14 7/8 in.
Edition of 50 annotated F.V.
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Ar...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Twist
the Rain Mid-Century OpArt Geometric Painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Julian Stanczak (American, 1928-2017)
Twist and the Rain, 1975
acrylic on canvas
signed verso
30 x 24 inches
Julian Stanczak (American, b. November 5, 1928) was an American painter...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Acrylic
$27,200 Sale Price
20% Off
1970
s Enamel Metal Vasarely Silkscreen Screenprint Axo Kinetic Op Art Sculpture
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...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Metal, Enamel
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
Yellow Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Screen Print on Paper realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
Edition pf 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist with pencil in the lower margin.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
$166 Sale Price
30% Off
Conferring Blue
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Julian Stanczak
Conferring Blue
1981
Screenprint
25 x 25 in.
Edition of 175
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Blue Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print on paper realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
Hand signed and numbered in pencil.
Edition of 100.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
$118 Sale Price
50% Off
Orange Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print on paper realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
Hand signed and numbered in pencil.
Edition of 100.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
$118 Sale Price
50% Off
Yellow Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
Hand signed and numbered in pencil.
Edition of 100.
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
$118 Sale Price
50% Off
FELIPE PANTONE - CHROMADYNA MICAP #2 Op Art Abstract Street Art Black Modern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Felipe Pantone - CHROMADYNA MICAP #2
Date of creation: 2020
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Edition: 30
Size: 75.5 x 55.5 cm
Condition: New, in mint condition and never framed
Lithograph...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$1,829 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled - Black and White Op Art Print with Red Frame
Located in New York, NY
Limited edition of 5. Printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta 325g Archival Paper. Dated and signed with the certificate of authenticity.
Italian photographer Enzo Ragazzini...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
I Like Circles - Geometric Oil Painting in Op Art and Hard-Edge Tradition
Located in Manchester, GB
Piicasa, I Like Circles, 2023
Oil on Canvas
100 x 100 cm (39.37 x 39.37 in)
Unsigned
Callum Simmons, aka Piicasa creates a series of paintings with contrasting colours, fields an...
Category
2010s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Petite Vibration Brique et Noir
Located in Miami, FL
Petite Vibration Brique et Noir (1966)
Painted wood with a painted metal rod and nylon thread
Edition Galerie Bischofberger, Zurich Ed. 16 / 35
20 x 18 x 18 in
Provenance:
Galerie Elke Dröscher, Hamburg
Galerie Meißner, Hamburg (1976)
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg
Lempertz Auction. Contemporary Art...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Metal
"Cheyt MC-4"
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: offset lithograph (after Vasarely). Printed in 1972 in Neuchatel, Switzerland on thick, high-gloss paper and published by Editions du Griffon for the "Vasarely Progressions 1...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Offset
Infinitive, Geometric Abstract Serigraph by Jurgen Peters, 1981
Located in Long Island City, NY
This serigraph was created by German artist Jurgen Peters. Peters was a very well known optical artist in the 1970s, he was a contemporary of Victor Vasarely, Yaacov Agam and Briget Riley...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Linienspiel (Line Game)
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...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Lucite, Plexiglass, Screen
$7,000 Sale Price
30% Off
Brutalist Op Art Abstract Charcoal Drawing by Dordevic Miodrag
Located in Atlanta, GA
Serbian artist Dordevic (or Djordjevic) Miodrag (1936 -), known as "Miodrag," designed this stunning abstract drawing. This work is a charcoal on paper depicting a brutalist abstract...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Charcoal
Granat positif
Located in PARIS, FR
Matt acrylic-painted wood relief
Éditions Denise René - no. X
“Exceptionally also signed on the front on 4 VIII 73 in Gordes”.
Presented at the exhibition “Vasarely - Le partage des ...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Tres Torres, Surrealist Geometric Screenprint by Enrique Sebastian Carbajal
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Enrique Carbajal Sebastian, Mexican (1947 - )
Title: Tres Torres
Year: 1982
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edi...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Optisk komposition
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Victor Vasarely Optisk komposition, 1970 is a Studio Line Rosenthal Porcelain relief with aluminum and is hand-signed by Victor Vasarely (Hungary, 1906 – France, 1997) on verso. Numb...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
Doric Game IV, Abstract Screenprint by Evelyn B. Johnson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Evelyn B. Johnson was an American Optical artist. Her work specialized in striking geometric abstract forms in bright colors whose shading mimics the effects of neon lighting. These ...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Solar Calendar I, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Lothar Quinte
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lothar Quinte, Polish (1923 - 2000) - Solar Calendar I, Portfolio: Solar Calendar (Sonnenzyklus Kalender), Year: 1970, Medium: Screenprint on heavy stock, signed and numbered in p...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Veiled
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Julian Stanczak
Veiled
1972
Serigraph
32 1/4 × 26 in.
Edition of 90
Pencil signed and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art.
Condition: ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Composition Carrée Relief
Located in Palo Alto, CA
This porcelain Rosenthal relief by Victor Vasarely (Pécs, 1906 - Paris, 1997) has been hand signed by the artist in ink on a label affixed to the reve...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
Op art
Located in New York, NY
Op art
c. 1967/2022
Estate stamped and numbered on label, verso
Digital C-print
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
$4,500
22 x 22 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
$3,250
15 x 15...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
C Print
Pyra Sun, Abstract geometric Op Art oil painting, graphic red background
Located in Dallas, TX
Bill Komodore - Optical Art Series - Large Geometric Abstract Oil Painting
An electrifying example of Bill Komodore’s masterful engagement with Op Art, this geometric abstraction pu...
Category
Early 2000s Op Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Tokyo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Victor Vasarely, Hungarian, 1906-1997
Title: Tokyo
Year: 1982
Medium: Color serigraph
Edition: Numbered 180/250 in pencil
Paper: Wove
Image size: 25.5 x 25.5 inches
Framed s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen
B-139
By Tadasky / Tadasuke Kuwayama
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Tadasky (Tadasuke) Kuwayama. "B-139" is an abstract painting executed in circles of red, blue and yellow by Op Artist Tadasky (Tadasuke) Kuwayama. Signed, verso, "Tadas...
Category
1960s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Israeli Op Art Kabbalah Mandala Painting Jerusalem, 5732 Star of David Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
Ya'acov Kaszemacher, well-known artist and photographer whose unique images of Hassidic festivities are fascinating to view, and offer one an opportunity to peek into the community...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Oil
Island Jewel, Unique Cut Glass OP Art Sculpture by Jon Kuhn
By Jon Kuhn
Located in Long Island City, NY
A polished glass sculpture by Joh Kuhn from 1992. A spectacular sculpture of crystal clear glass that forms a complicated prism in which light is reflected in a multitude of optical ...
Category
1990s Op Art
Materials
Glass
"Hat B"
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: offset lithograph (after Vasarely). Printed in 1972 in Neuchatel, Switzerland on thick, high-gloss paper and published by Editions du Griffon for the "Vasarely Progressions 1...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Offset
Yaacov Agam, Composition in Motion, from XXe siecle, 1980
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Yaacov Agam (born 1928), titled Composition en mouvement (Composition in Motion), from the album Homage to Agam, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Exhibition ...
Category
1980s Op Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
"Quasar Paal 2"
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: offset lithograph (after Vasarely). Printed in 1972 in Neuchatel, Switzerland on thick, high-gloss paper and published by Editions du Griffon...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Offset
VASARELY CENTER NY 1978 Vintage Op-Art Poster, Geometric Abstract, Gold Black
Located in Union City, NJ
VICTOR VASARELY
VASARELY CENTER NY
Vintage original vintage Op-art poster published by VCNY (Vasarely Center New York), New York, 1978.
Poster size - 32 x 24 inches, unframed, unsi...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
Swiss Op Art Mirror Polished Metal Stainless Steel Sculpture Relief Will Weber
Located in Surfside, FL
Willy Weber, (Swiss, 1933-1998)
Verchromte Platte
Stainless steel sculptural construction,
dated 1977, signed to the steel.
Dimensions: 12" ht. x 13" wd.
Sculpted chrome sheet Hand ...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Steel
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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