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
Vasarely, Composition, Ondulatoires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Êtres et Fantômes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Corpusculaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Corpusculaires, 1973. Published and printed by Édition...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions III, 1972. Published and printed by Éditi...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Structures universelles de l'Hexagone (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Structures universelles de l'Hexagone (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Structures universelles de l'Hexagone (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Structures universelles de l'Hexagone (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Croisées (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Croisées, 1973. Published and printed by Éditions du G...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Structures universelles du Damier (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Graphismes II (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Tiefenbilder (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on mylar and paperboard. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Not...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Mylar, Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Graphismes II (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Oeuvres profondes cinétiques (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Ondulatoires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Graphismes I (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on archival thick-stock gloss paper. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Graphismes I, 1977. Published and printed by Éditions du Griffon, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1977....
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Graphismes I (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Graphismes I (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Linéaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Graphismes I (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on archival thick-stock gloss paper. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Graphismes I, 1977. Published and printed by Éditions du Griffon, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1977....
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Linéaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Êtres et Fantômes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Faces of Dali #6
Located in Greenwich, CT
Faces of Dalí #6 is a serigraph on paper with an image size of 26 x 18 inches, signed 'Yvaral' lower right and numbered 115/200 lower left. From the edition of 263 (there were also 2...
Category
20th Century Op Art
Materials
Screen, Paper
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions I, 1972. Published and printed by Édition...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Graphismes I (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Graphismes I (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Graphismes I (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Tiefenbilder (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on mylar and paperboard. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Not...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Mylar, Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Croisées (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Croisées, 1973. Published and printed by Éditions du G...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Horizon Original Op Art Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Horizon Original Op Art Painting
1978
Artist signed and dated.
Marko Spalatin (American, Born 1945). An original Modern Abstract Op-Art oil painting on canvas. Titled "Horizon". Featuring colors of white, yellow, orange, green, purple, and blue. Signed and dated 1978 with title on verso. Mounted on wood stretcher. Provenance: 11/10/2007 Ivey-Selkirk Auction, LOT 775.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Musée d'Art Moderne — Paris, France
Museum of Modern Art — New York, New York
Tate Gallery — London, England
Bibliothèque National — Paris, France
Victoria & Albert Museum — London, England
Library of Congress — Washington, D.C.
Museum of Contemporary Art — Chicago, Illinois
Metropolitan Museum — Manila, Philippines
Philadelphia Museum of Art — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Butler Institute of American Art — Youngstown, Ohio
Museum of Modern Art — Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions I, 1972. Published and printed by Édition...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Corpusculaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Corpusculaires, 1973. Published and printed by Édition...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions I, 1972. Published and printed by Édition...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Ondulatoires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Ondulatoires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions III, 1972. Published and printed by Éditi...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Linéaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Linéaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Linéaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Linéaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Linéaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Linéaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Êtres et Fantômes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Êtres et Fantômes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Êtres et Fantômes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Êtres et Fantômes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Êtres et Fantômes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Êtres et Fantômes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition with publisher’s text on verso, as issued; never framed or matted. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: Fr...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Croisées (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Croisées, 1973. Published and printed by Éditions du G...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Croisées (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Croisées, 1973. Published and printed by Éditions du G...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Croisées (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Croisées, 1973. Published and printed by Éditions du G...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions II, 1972. Published and printed by Éditio...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions II, 1972. Published and printed by Éditio...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Progressions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Progressions II, 1972. Published and printed by Éditio...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Corpusculaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Corpusculaires, 1973. Published and printed by Édition...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Croisées (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Croisées, 1973. Published and printed by Éditions du G...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Corpusculaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Corpusculaires, 1973. Published and printed by Édition...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
Vasarely, Composition, Croisées (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Heliogravure on archival paper. Excellent condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Croisées, 1973. Published and printed by Éditions du G...
Category
1970s Op Art
Materials
Screen
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.