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POP ART STYLE

Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.

ORIGINS OF POP ART

CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART 

  • Bold imagery
  • Bright, vivid colors
  • Straightforward concepts
  • Engagement with popular culture 
  • Incorporation of everyday objects from advertisements, cartoons, comic books and other popular mass media

POP ARTISTS TO KNOW

ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS

The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.

Richard Hamilton’s 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style.

Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.

Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.

Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.

Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.

Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.

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Style: Pop Art
Untitled Stockholm print, from the Castelli Sonnabend Collection signed/numbered
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine Untitled from the Castelli Sonnabend Collection, 1973 Screenprint on rag paper in original portfolio sleeve Hand signed and numbered 158/300 by Jim Dine on the front. Printe...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Rag Paper, Screen, Pencil

Patti Smith Devotions to Arthur Rimbaud 1973 (Patti Smith Rimbaud)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Patti Smith Devotions to Arthur Rimbaud 1973: A rare early Patti Smith print featuring her poetry and artwork; constructed by Smith as a declaration of her admiration & love for Arth...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Paper, Offset

COSMIC FLOWERS Signed Lithograph, Abstract Floral, Happy Colors, Blue Red Yellow
Located in Union City, NJ
Cosmic Flowers is an original hand drawn lithograph by Peter Max printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% aci...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (LOVE) Poster /// Robert Indiana Pop Art Blue Red
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Robert Indiana (American, 1928-2018) Title: "Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (LOVE)" Year: 1972 (First edition) Medium: Original Screenprint, Exhibition Poster on heav...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

SIGNED Frank Stella poster 1980 Democratic Convention colorful vintage Pop
Located in New York, NY
Colorful vintage poster for the 1980 Democratic National Convention, held in Madison Square Garden in New York.Concentric lines of orange and bright green interweave with strokes of ...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

The Calumet /// Pop Art Robert Indiana Native American Indiana Screenprint Red
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, 1928-2018) Title: "The Calumet" Portfolio: The American Dream *Issued unsigned Year: 1997 Medium: Original Screenprint on Coventry paper Limited edition: 395, (there were also 30 artist's proofs) Printer: Marco Fine Arts Contemporary Atelier, El Segundo, CA Publisher: Marco Fine Arts Contemporary Atelier, El Segundo, CA Sheet size: 22" x 16.75" Image size: 15.07" x 14" Condition: In excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Düsseldorf, Germany. Comes from Indiana's 1997 "The American Dream" book portfolio of thirty screenprints. Printed in three colors. Text on verso of the following work as issued. Robert Indiana's 1997 black leather-covered book portfolio "The American Dream" was printed and published with 30 screenprints: 6 loose each signed and numbered and 24 bound not signed and numbered, as issued. Forward by Susan Ryan, text by Michael McKenzie and poems by Robert Creeley. The book was issued within a white cardboard packing box with red and black lettering. This image is based of Indiana's 1971 screenprint edition "The Calumet", (Sheehan No. 64, page 43), from his 1971 "Decade" series, (Sheehan No. 63-72, page 42-44). The prints in that portfolio reproduce one of Indiana's paintings from each year of the 1960's. The bear they same titles as the corresponding paintings. "The Calumet" is a 1961, 90" x 84", oil on canvas painting which is within the permanent collection of the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. "The Calumet", derived from Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha", reflects Indiana's ongoing involvement with American literary associations and sources. As interpreted, by Indiana, the schematized image of the red clay peace-pipe smoked by the Indians in Longfellow's poem symbolizes mankind's potential to eradicate war. - (Sheehan page 9). Seven stars for seven spheres...
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Alexander Calder lithograph derrière le miroir (1960s Calder prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithograph c. 1967 from Derrière le miroir: Lithograph in colors; 15 x 11 inches. Very good overall vintage condition; well-preseved. Unsigned from an edition of u...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Woman with Bird - Original handsigned Screen Print - Limited /20
Located in Paris, FR
Cecile DE BRUIJN Woman with Bird, c. 1995 Original screen print Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 20 ex On vellum 76 x 56 cm (c. 30 x 22 inch) Excellent condition
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Agent X, Madonna (True Blue), Celebrity Art, Bright Pop Art, Statement Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Agent X MADONNA (TRUE BLUE) Limited Edition Giclee Print Edition of 50 Paper Size: 101 cm x 101 cm x 1cm Sold Unframed Free Shipping Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look. Pop Art for the twenty-first century, ‘Madonna (True Blue)’ depicts the illustrious singer in all her 80s glory – red lips and thick eyebrows; iconic crucifix necklace...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Paper, Giclée

Alexander Calder - Spirale Millepiedi - Hand-Signed Lithography, 1972
Located in Varese, IT
Alexander Calder ( 1898 - 1976 ) - Spirale millepiedi - hand-signed lithography, 1972 Additional information: Material: color lithography on paper Edited in 1972 Limited edition in ...
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20th Century Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Roy Lichtenstein-Guggenheim Museum-1969 ORIGINAL Serigraph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sku: EF380 Artist: Roy Lichtenstein Title: Guggenheim Museum Year: 1969 Signed: No Medium: Serigraph Paper Size: 28.75 x 28.75 inches ( 73.025 x 73.025 cm ) Image Size: 23.25 x 23.25...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

1970s Surrealist Pop Art Nude Angel Lithograph Print Psychedelic Color
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand Signed verso D. Herbert and numbered 1 of 20. (possibly Don Herbert)
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20th Century Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

EE-NUF! Enough of Donald Trump: VOTE political poster (Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha)
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha EE-NUF! (hand signed by Ed Ruscha), 2020 Color lithographic poster on wove paper (hand signed by Ed Ruscha) Boldly signed by Ed Ruscha in black marker on the front 32 1/4 ×...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Michael Jackson Time original pop art vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Andy Warhol vintage poster with Michael Jackson for Time Magazine March 1984. This vintage poster created by Andy Warhol was the image u...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Offset

ST107H-Gestual, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Contemporary, Abstract , Geometric
Located in London, London
Edition of 25 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) His work has been shown in...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Pigment

Keith Haring Halloween 1989 (announcement)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring New York City 1989: RARE original 1989 Keith Haring designed Sound Factory Halloween invite featuring a dazzling array of Keith Haring Skeletons: “Keith Haring & Sound Factory Invite You to A Special Halloween Costume...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Pink Forest - Contemporary, Abstract, Modern, Pop art, Surrealist, Landscape
Located in London, London
Pink Forest, 2018 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. Edition of 25 (Unframed) His work ...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Paper, Inkjet, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Fo19-Contemporary, Abstract, Minimalism, Modern, Pop art, Surrealist, Landscape
Located in London, London
Forest XIX, 2018 Edition of 25, number 2/25 editor Artgráfico Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authen...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Paper, Inkjet, Pigment, Archival Pigment

ST1C22-Contemporary , Abstract, Gestual, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Geometric
Located in London, London
Estampas orientales series Edition of 25, number 1/25 editor Artgráfico Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Pigment

Sightseeing James Rosenquist text Pop Art
Located in New York, NY
Sightseeing is one of a group of ten prints which the artist made at Petersburg Press in 1972, each based on one of his paintings. Rosenquist’s Sightseeing 1962 oil painting on canva...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Barbara Kruger, I Shop Therefore I Am - Printed Paper Shopping Bag
Located in Hamburg, DE
Barbara Kruger (1945, American) I Shop Therefore I Am, 1990 Medium: Photolithograph on paper shopping bag Edition size: 9000 Dimensions: 17 5/16 x 10 3/4 in (43.9 x 27.3 cm) Publishe...
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20th Century Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

James Rosenquist F-111 TRIPTYCH (GIRL) Limited Skate Modern Design Pop American
Located in Madrid, Madrid
James Rosenquist F-111 TRIPTYCH A (GIRL) Date of creation: 2021 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: 100 Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Wood, Maple, Screen

Sigmar Polke, Oelbild (Näherin - Limited Edition, German Pop Art, Original Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
Sigmar Polke Oelbild (Näherin), 1967 Medium: Offset lithograph on card stock Dimensions: 9 3/10 × 9 3/10 in 23.5 × 23.5 cm Edition of 500: Not signed (as issued) Condition: Excellent
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20th Century Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Offset

Sigmar Polke, S. schmeckt Pfirsich von H. - 1996, Lithograph, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
Sigmar Polke (German, 1941-2010) S. schmeckt Pfirsich von H. (S. Tastes Peach from H.), 1996 Medium: Grano-lithograph in colours with embossing, on Bütten board Dimensions: 59.1 × 77...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

ST1C25-Contemporary , Abstract, Gestual, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Geometric
Located in London, London
Estampas orientales series Edition of 25 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) ...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Pigment

ST1b90-Contemporary , Abstract, Gestual, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Geometric
Located in London, London
Flowers VIII, 2019 Edition of 25 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) His work...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Pigment

ST1AC33-Contemporary , Abstract, Gestual, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Geometric
Located in London, London
Edition of 25 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) His work has been shown in...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Pigment

ST1C13-Contemporary , Abstract, Gestual, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Geometric
Located in London, London
Edition of 25 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) His work has been shown in...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Pigment

Autoportraits Vinalhaven Suite, 1980, Complete Set of 10
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: Autoportraits Vinalhaven Suite, 1980, The complete set of ten screenprints in colors, all framed Year: 1980 Medium: Screen print on Fabrian...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Basquiat at Tony Shafrazi gallery 1996 (Basquiat Dust Heads announcement)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat A TRIBUTE: Important Paintings, Drawings, & Objects: Vintage original 1990s Basquiat announcement card to: Jean-Michel Basquiat at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, September 21 - November 23, 1996. Cover image features a reproduction of Basquiat's Dust Heads (1982). Off-set printed gallery announcement. 7.5 x 6.25 inches (folded closed). Very good overall vintage condition. Some light rub marks to reverse. Published by Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, 1996. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s dramatic life and iconic paintings—which variously feature obsessive scribbling, enigmatic symbols and diagrams, and iconography including skulls, masks, and the artist’s trademark crown—make him one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. The self-taught painter embraced graffiti before committing to a studio practice. He found a mentor and friend in Andy Warhol, who helped the young artist navigate the 1980s New York art world. Across his oeuvre, Basquiat drew on his own Caribbean heritage; a convergence of African American, African, and Aztec cultural histories; classical themes; and pop cultural figures including athletes and musicians. The immediacy and intellectual depth of his paintings won him widespread acclaim both before and after his untimely death at the age of 27. Related Categories Basquiat Bruno Bischofberger. Basquiat Tony Shafrazi. Marry Boone. Basquiat exhibit. Basquiat ephemera. Basquiat poster. Basquiat prints.
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Offset

Alexander Calder lithograph Derrière le miroir (Calder prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithograph c. 1971 from Derrière le miroir: Lithograph in colors; 15 x 11 inches. Very good overall vintage condition; well-preseved. Unsigned from an edition of un...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games (with COA from Olympic Committee)
Located in New York, NY
Robert Rauschenberg Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games (with COA from Olympic Committee), 1982 Offset Lithograph on Parson's Diploma paper Stamp (plate) signed with the artist's initials...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Frank Stella The Circuit Prints (Hand Signed) museum poster
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella Frank Stella The Circuit Prints (Hand Signed), 1988 Color offset lithograph poster (hand signed by Frank Stella) Signed and dated 88 in ink by Frank Stella directly unde...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Shiny Nude (Stealingworth, 33), Lt. Ed silkscreen on kromekote paper + envelope
Located in New York, NY
Tom Wesselmann Shiny Nude (Stealingworth, 33), 1977 Silkscreen on glossy cast-coated Kromekote paper 8 × 8 inches Edition 489/1000 Pencil numbered 489/1000 ...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen, Paper

May 15 2001, signed silkscreen cultural commentary famed African American artist
Located in New York, NY
Kerry James Marshall May 15, 2001, 2003 Four color silkscreen on Arches 88 paper Pencil signed, dated and numbered 39/60 on the front. Bears printer's blind stamp Vintage frame incl...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen, Pencil, Graphite

Gerald Laing, "Two Tunnels, " Screenprint and Foil Collage, 1968
Located in Long Island City, NY
This pop art screenprint with foil collage was created by British artist Gerald Laing (1936-2011). Laing's work spans the Pop Movement of the Sixties, as in this print, to the repres...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Plutusia, from Imaginary Places II (Axsom 246). hand signed/N, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella Plutusia, from Imaginary Places II (Axsom & Schnitzer, 246), 1996 52 color lithograph, screenprint, etching, aquatint, relief, mezzotint, engraving on white TGL handmade...
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Foil

Philadelphia Love, Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
A silkscreen print by Robert Indiana of his iconic Love in red, blue, and green. Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - ) Title: Philadelphia Love Year: circa 1996 Medium: Silkscr...
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Femme de Peuple II (hand signed and inscribed to poet Robert Duncan)
Located in New York, NY
R. B. Kitaj Femme de Peuple II (hand signed and inscribed to poet Robert Duncan), 1978 Offset Lithograph (hand signed and inscribed to poet Robert Duncan) Hand signed and inscribed o...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Graphite, Offset, Lithograph

8 Hearts / Look, Lt. Ed Off-set Lithograph with metallic paper collage overlay
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine 8 Hearts / Look, Off-set Lithograph with metallic paper collage overlay Galerie Thomas exhibition print, 1970 Color lithograph and offset lithograph on wove paper Plate sign...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Screenprinted Paper Plate Foundation & Estate authorized exclusively for Barneys
Located in New York, NY
Roy Lichtenstein Screenprinted Paper Plate, 2013 Silkscreen on Paper Plate Estate and foundation authorized (printed) signature on the back 0.2 inch (height) x 10.5 inches (diameter) Commemorative Roy Lichtenstein Paper Plate...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen, Paper

Large American Pop Art Abstract Aquatint Etching James Rosenquist Just Desert
Located in Surfside, FL
James Rosenquist (1933-2017) Just Desert (2nd State) (1979, 1979 Etching and aquatint on Pescia Italia paper Printed by Aripeka, Ltd., Aripeka. Published by Multiples, Inc., New York...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Zapata-Tiempo, signed/N by both Ed Ruscha and Billy Al Bengston, made in Spain
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha, Billy Al Bengston, Ed Ruscha and Billy Al Bengston Zapata-Tiempo, hand signed by both Ed Ruscha and Billy Al Bengston, 1988 (Engberg & P. 168), 1988 Color etching and aqua...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Etching, Pencil, Mixed Media, Aquatint

Charms against harms, Robert Rauschenberg
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) Title: Charms against harms Year: 1993 Medium: Lithograph on wove paper Edition: H.C. 8/15, 100, plus proofs Size: 40.5 x 28 inches Condition:...
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

ST18-Contemporary , Abstract, Gestual, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Geometric
Located in London, London
Flowers VIII, 2019 Edition of 25 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) His work...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Pigment

Pink Forest - Contemporary, Abstract, Modern, Pop art, Surrealist, Landscape
Located in London, London
Pink Forest, 2018 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. Edition of 25 (Unframed) His work ...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Paper, Inkjet, Pigment, Archival Pigment

ST107H-Gestual, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Contemporary, Abstract , Geometric
Located in London, London
Edition of 25 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) His work has been shown in...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Pigment

ST107H-Gestual, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Contemporary, Abstract , Geometric
Located in London, London
Edition of 25 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) His work has been shown in...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Pigment

Ed Ruscha - America Whistles, 1975, Signed Lithograph, Pop Art, Conceptual Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Ed Ruscha (American, born 1937) America Whistles (from America: The Third Century), 1975 Medium: Lithograph on wove paper Dimensions: 76.3 x 57 cm Edition of 200 + 25 AP + 25 HC: Han...
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20th Century Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Roy Lichtenstein "Figures" 1978 (From Surrealist Series) Gemini G.E.L. Printers
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Title: Figures Portfolio: 1978 Surrealist Medium: Lithograph on Arches 88 paper Edition: 38 Sheet Size: 31 7/16" x 23 1/2" Image Size: 23 1/2" x 15 1/4" Signature: Hand signed in pencil Reference: Corlett 156 Printed by Gemini G.E.L. printers out of Los Angeles. Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American pop artist. During the 1960s through the 90’s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the premise of pop art through parody. Most of Lichtenstein's best-known works are relatively close, but not exact, copies of comic book panels, a subject he largely abandoned in 1965. Lichtenstein's Still Life paintings, sculptures and drawings, which span from 1972 through the early 1980s, cover a variety of motifs and themes, including the most traditional such as fruit, flowers, and vases. Inspired by the comic strip, Lichtenstein produced precise compositions that documented while they parodied, often in a tongue-in cheek manner. His work was influenced by popular advertising and the comic book style. His artwork was considered to be "disruptive". He described pop art as "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting". His paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City. Wham!, and Drowning Girl Look Mickey proved to be his most influential works. His most expensive piece is Masterpiece which was sold for $165 million in January 2017. Lichtenstein received both his Bachelors and Masters at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio where he taught for ten years. In 1967, he moved back to upstate New York and began teaching again. It was at this time that he adopted the Abstract Expressionist style, being a late convert to this style of painting. Lichtenstein began teaching in upstate New York at the State University of New York at Oswego in 1958. About this time, he began to incorporate hidden images of cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny into is abstract works. In 1960, he started teaching at Rutgers University where he was heavily influenced by Allan Kaprow, who was also a teacher at the university. This environment helped reignite his interest in Proto-pop imagery. In 1961, Lichtenstein began his first pop paintings using cartoon images and techniques derived from the appearance of commercial printing. This phase would continue to 1965, and included the use of advertising imagery suggesting consumerism and homemaking. His first work to feature the large-scale use of hard-edged figures and Ben-Day dots was Look Mickey (1961), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.) This piece came from a challenge from one of his sons, who pointed to a Mickey Mouse comic book and said; "I bet you can't paint as good as that, eh, Dad?" In the same year he produced six other works with recognizable characters from gum wrappers and cartoons. It was at this time that Lichtenstein began to find fame not just in America but worldwide. He moved back to New York to be at the center of the art scene in 1964 to concentrate on his painting. Lichtenstein used oil and Magna (early acrylic) paint in his best known works, such as Drowning Girl (1963), which was appropriated from the lead story in DC Comics’ Secret Hearts No. 83, drawn by Tony Abruzzo. (Drowning Girl now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art, New York.) Drowning Girl also features thick outlines, bold colors and Ben-Day dots, as if created by photographic reproduction. Of his own work Lichtenstein would say that the Abstract Expressionists "put things down on the canvas and responded to what they had done, to the color positions and sizes. My style looks completely different, but the nature of putting down lines pretty much is the same; mine just don't come out looking calligraphic, like Pollock’s or Kline’s. Rather than attempt to reproduce his subjects, Lichtenstein's work tackled the way in which the mass media portrays them. He would never take himself too seriously, however, saying: "I think my work is different from comic strips – but I wouldn't call it transformation; I don't think that whatever is meant by it is important to art.” When Lichtenstein's work was first exhibited, many art critics of the time challenged its originality. His work was harshly criticized as vulgar and empty. The title of a Life magazine article in 1964 asked, "Is He the Worst Artist in the U.S.?" Lichtenstein responded to such claims by offering responses such as the following: "The closer my work is to the original, the more threatening and critical the content. However, my work is entirely transformed in that my purpose and perception are entirely different. I think my paintings are critically transformed, but it would be difficult to prove it by any rational line of argument.” In 1969, Lichtenstein was commissioned by Gunter Sachs to create Composition and Leda and the Swan, for the collector's Pop Art bedroom suite at the Palace Hotel in St. Moritz. In the late 1970s and during the 1980s, Lichtenstein received major commissions for works in public places: the sculptures Lamp (1978) in St. Mary's, Georgia; Mermaid (1979) in Miami Beach; the 26 feet tall Brushstrokes in Flight (1984, moved in 1998) at John Glenn Columbus International Airport; the five-storey high Mural with Blue Brushstroke (1984–85) at the Equitable Center, New York and El Cap de Barcelona (1992) in Barcelona. In 1994, Lichtenstein created the 53-foot-long, enamel-on-metal Times Square Mural in Times Square subway station. In 1977, he was commissioned by BMW to paint a Group 5 Racing Version of the BMW 320i for the third installment in the BMW Art Car Project. The DreamWorks Records logo was his last completed project. "I'm not in the business of doing anything like that (a corporate logo) and don't intend to do it again," allows Lichtenstein. "But I know Mo Ostin and David Geffen and it seemed interesting. In 1996 the The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. became the largest single repository of the artist's work when Lichtenstein donated 154 prints and 2 books. The Art Institute of Chicago has several important works by Lichtenstein in its permanent collection, including Brushstroke with Spatter (1966) and Mirror No. 3 (Six Panels) (1971). The personal holdings of Lichtenstein's widow, Dorothy Lichtenstein, and of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation number in the hundreds. In Europe, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne has one of the most comprehensive Lichtenstein holdings with Takka Takka (1962), Nurse (1964), Compositions I (1964), besides the Frankfurt Museum fur Modern Kunst with We Rose Up slowly (1964), and Yellow and Green Brushstrokes...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

ST1c58-Contemporary , Abstract, Gestual, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Geometric
Located in London, London
Voluptuosidad II, 2019 Edition of 25 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) His ...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Pigment

ST1C21-Contemporary , Abstract, Gestual, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Geometric
Located in London, London
Columbia river Edition of 25 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) His work has...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Pigment

Basquiat Galerie Hans Mayer 1988 (1980s Basquiat exhibition poster)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Basquiat Galerie Hans Mayer Düsseldorf 1988: A rare, exceptional 1980s Basquiat illustrated exhibition poster published on the occasion of 'Jean-Michel Basquiat at Galerie Hans Maye...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

ST1C16-Contemporary , Abstract, Gestual, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Geometric
Located in London, London
Edition of 25 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) His work has been shown in...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Pigment

F0019-Contemporary, Abstract, Minimalism, Modern, Pop art, Surrealist, Landscape
Located in London, London
Forest K007, 2018 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. Edition of 25 (Unframed) His work ...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Paper, Inkjet, Pigment, Archival Pigment

The American Love (Sheehan, 76)
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana The American Love (Sheehan, 76), 1972 Color silkscreen on heavy white wove paper 25 1/2 × 19 3/4 inches Editions A/P-7 of 35, aside from t...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen, Pencil

Limited Ed. St. Louis Art museum poster Hand Signed & dated by Roy Lichtenstein
Located in New York, NY
Roy Lichtenstein 1970-1980 (Hand Signed and dated by Roy Lichtenstein), 1981 Offset lithograph. Hand signed and dated in ink Hand-signed by artist, H...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Ink, Lithograph, Offset, Pencil, Graphite

Les Indes Galantes V (Axsom 90)
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella Les Indes Galantes V (Axsom 90), 1973 Lithograph on J. Green mould-made paper Pencil signed, dated and numbered AP 13/20 by Frank Stella on the front 16 × 22 inches Unfr...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Pencil, Lithograph

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