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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
Birds 2 -Contemporary , Abstract, Gestual, Street art, Pop, 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 Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Still life , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life , 70x70cm, print on canvas
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Color

FALCO Dance Co., Aspen Rare rainbow color silkscreen (hand signed & Inscribed)
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana FALCO Dance Company (Hand Signed/Dedicated), 1968 Silkscreen on metallic and wove paper Hand signed by Robert Indiana with personal inscription on the front Unframed T...
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1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Foil

M112-Figurative, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Contemporary Abstract Mickey Mouse
Located in London, London
Mickey Mouse , 2019 Edition of 25 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) His wo...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Purple Marilyn Triptych - Marilyn Monroe Pop Art
Located in London, GB
Caramel Marilyn Triptych by BATIK Archival pigment pop art print signed & limited edition. paper size 40 x 19" inches / 101 x 48 cm signed and numbered by the artist on front ed...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Color, Archival Pigment

Roy Lichtenstein 'Composition' FRAMED
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 18.5 x 18.5 inches ( 46.99 x 46.99 cm ) Image Size: 17.5 x 17.5 inches ( 44.45 x 44.45 cm ) Framed: Yes Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Published and printed by t...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Hollywood in the Rain, (Catalogue Raisonne: Engberg, M19) Signed/N print, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha Hollywood in the Rain (Engberg, M19), 1970 Color offset lithograph on wove paper Signed and numbered 104/220 in pencil below image Frame included: held in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass This hand signed and numbered print was published for the exhibition "Hollywood Collects...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset, Pencil, Graphite

Lovers 10-Figurative, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Contemporary, Abstract
Located in London, London
My friend friend Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) His work has been shown...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

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

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Paper, Inkjet, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Raymond Pettibon My Struggle for Life After Death 1982 (Raymond Pettibon zine)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon My Struggle for Life After Death 1982 (Raymond Pettibon zine): This visually enticing 1982 Raymond Pettibon artist book/zine titled incl...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Offset

Red Grooms Canal St Chinatown Manhattan New York City Lithograph Cartoon Pop Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Red Grooms (American, b. 1937). Lithograph in colors on wove paper, 1993 "East of Canal Street, Corner of Canal." Published by the Brooklyn Museum (Reference: Red Grooms: The Grap...
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1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Lovers 12-Figurative, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Contemporary, Abstract
Located in London, London
My friend friend Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) His work has been shown...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

1981 original poster by Yves Saint Laurent - LOVE
Located in PARIS, FR
Crafted in 1981 as part of a series of annual greeting cards, the original poster titled "Love" by Yves Saint Laurent is a cherished emblem of the designer's artistic expression and ...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph, Linen

ST1C24-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 Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

ST1C20-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 Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

FIRST LOVE
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered screen print in colors on paper. Edition of 300. Sheet size 33 x 39 inches. Image size approx 26 x 33 inches. Frame size approx 37 x 43 inches. Artwork ...
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1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Paper

Raymond Pettibon Short Teats, Bloody Milk 1985 (Raymond Pettibon zine)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon Short Teats Bloody Milk 1985 (Raymond Pettibon zine): This visually enticing 1985 Raymond Pettibon artist book/zine titled, Short Teats,...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset, Paper

Sun in my room , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life , 70x70cm, print on canvas
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Color

ICES Coral Pink and Baby Blue, Two Framed Pop Art Color Photographs
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Coral Pink and Baby Blue, bold colour blocking pop art street photography from Richard Heeps series, On-Sea. Created as an ode to childhood visits to grandparents living on the ...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

"Wart" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original offset lithograph. This work is also known as "Envelope". Rauschenberg executed this interesting Pop Art classic for Art In America in 1970. It consists of one compo...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Raymond Pettibon Up The Threshold 1992 (Raymond Pettibon zine)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon Up The Threshold 1992 (Raymond Pettibon zine): This visually enticing 1992 Raymond Pettibon artist book/zine includes 20+ evocative draw...
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1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Offset

Landscape , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
70x70cm, print on canvas
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Color

ICES Lilac Purple and Sherbet Yellow, Two Framed Pop Art Color Photographs
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Lilac Purple and Sherbet Yellow, bold colour blocking pop art street photography from Richard Heeps series, On-Sea. Created as an ode to childhood visits to grandparents living ...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Silver Gelatin, Color, C Print, Photographic Paper

Morocco , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Morocco , 70x70cm, print on canvas
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Color

LOVE from the American Dream Portfolio by Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018) Title: Die Deutsche Liebe (The German LOVE) from the American Dream Portfolio Year: 1968 (1997) Medium: Silkscreen on Wove Paper Editio...
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1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Near the window , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Near the window , 70x70cm, print on canvas
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Color

Keith Haring Pop Shop radio 1985 (Keith Haring Pop Shop 1985)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Pop Shop 1986: A very well preserved Keith Haring Pop Shop radio accompanied by its original packaging. Sold at the Pop Shop in New ...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset, Plastic

AFTER JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT The Dingoes that Park Their Brain with Their Gum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sku: LM418 Artist: After Jean-Michel Basquiat Title: The Dingoes that Park Their Brain with Their Gum Year: 2002 Signed: No Medium: Offset Lithograph Paper Size: 38.5 x 39.5 inches (...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

SUNSET PROFILE
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artist Proof (AP) edition. Sheet size 23 x 30 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Artwork is in excell...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Paper

PLURBLE
Located in Aventura, FL
24-color screenprint on Mohawk Superfine UltraWhite 160 lb cover paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by Kenny Scharf. Edition of 99. Sheet size is 24 inches in diameter. Frame ...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Paper

Ice Point
Located in Austin, TX
Lithograph on Arches Cover paper Signed, dated, titled and numbered (along lower edge) (145/150) Publisher: Visconti Fine Art and Lazo Vujic Printed by: Flatstone Studio, Sarasota
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Sun in my room , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
70x70cm, print on canvas
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Color

"GUILTY MICKEY MOUSE" Print 31' x 24' inch Edition 9/35 by Edyta Grzyb
Located in Culver City, CA
"GUILTY MICKEY MOUSE" Print 31' x 24' inch Edition 9/35 by Edyta Grzyb Fine art pigment print on Hahnemühle, 300 g 2020 Each print is signed on the bottom margin Year / Title / Sign...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Pigment

Patti Astor The Foreigner 1977 film still (Amos Poe The Foreigner)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Fernando Natalici Patti Astor The Foreigner New York 1977: Actress and legendary downtown NY scenester Patti Astor, photographed during the filming of "The Foreigner" by celebrated N...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Silver Gelatin

Italian Post Modern Pop Art Lithograph Vintage Poster Memphis Galerie Maeght
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage gallery exhibition poster. Bright vivid red and bold yellow. The Galerie Maeght is a gallery of modern art in Paris, France, and Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The gallery was...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Warhol Basquiat Boxing Poster 1985 (Warhol Basquiat boxing 1985)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol Jean-Michel Basquiat Boxing poster 1985: Rare original 1985 Warhol Basquiat boxing poster. The most sought-after Basquiat/Warhol collectible in existence - this work was ...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset, Lithograph

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag Flyer (early Raymond Pettibon)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon: Rare early Black Flag flyer: Original punk flyer / handbill illustrated by Raymond Pettibon for a gig by Black Flag at The Mabuhay, San Francisco, CA: Fri Oct 3, 19...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Roy Lichtenstein 'Homage to Picasso'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 21.75 x 14.25 inches ( 55.245 x 36.195 cm ) Image Size: 20.75 x 13.25 inches ( 52.705 x 33.655 cm ) Framed: Yes Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Published and prin...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Keith Haring at Tony Shafrazi Gallery (vintage Haring announcement)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
"Keith Haring: Sculpture & Painting" January 17 to February 14 1987 at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY: Vintage original 1987 gallery announcement card Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches Excellen...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Bouquet for your beloved, 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
70x70cm, print on canvas
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Color

Signed Patti Smith CBGB punk flyer 1977 (Patti Smith group CBGB 1977)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Patti Smith 78 Speed 1977: Rare original hand-signed flyer for Patti Smith Group shows at CBGB 1977. The flyer was designed by Patti Smith using one of her drawings at the time; with...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset, Paper

Warhol Basquiat Boxing Posters 1985 (Basquiat Warhol boxing 1985 set of 2)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol Jean-Michel Basquiat Boxing posters 1985: Complete set of 2 works: The most sought-after Basquiat/Warhol collectibles in existence - presented as a complete set of 2. Pu...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag punk flyer (Raymond Pettibon Punk)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon illustrated Black Flag flyer published on the occasion of: Black Flag at the Elite Club, Oct. 31 1981; with D.O.A., Saccharine Trust, & Overkill. A rare early Petti...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Original 1980s Keith Haring Pop Shop bag (Keith Haring pop shop New York)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Pop Shop, 1986: Vintage original 1980s Keith Haring Pop Shop bag designed & illustrated by the artist. Features a bold Keith Haring ...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Plastic, Screen

Roy Lichtenstein 'Cup and Saucer'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 53 x 30 inches ( 134.62 x 76.2 cm ) Image Size: 53 x 30 inches ( 134.62 x 76.2 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age Additiona...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Keith Haring Club DV8 poster 1991 (Keith Haring balloon dog)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Club DV8 San Francisco 1991: A rare 1991 Club DV8's poster featuring Keith Haring balloon dog artwork originally created by the artist for DV...
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1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Mick Jagger VI - Andy Warhol, Announcement card, Rolling Stones, Musician, Pop
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Mick Jagger VI - After Andy Warhol. The line drawing placed on a golden backdrop is a feature unique to this print adding a sense of motion to Jagger’s features which shows him in a...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Sun in my room , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
70x70cm, print on canvas
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Color

VRING!
Located in Aventura, FL
Archival print with metallic accents, gloss overlays, and screen printed highlights on 100% Cotton 290 gsm Entrada Rag Paper with hand-deckled edges. Hand signed, dated and numbered...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Paper

Flowers , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
70x70cm, print on canvas
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Color

MONICA LYING ON HER BACK, KNEES UP
Located in Aventura, FL
Five color lithograph and linocut on arches white paper. Hand signed and numbered by Tom Wesselmann. Edition HC 5/12 (the main edition was 100 plus 6 artist's proofs). Published by Aimee DeLittle for Mémoire de la Liberté, Paris. Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered. About the Artist: Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004) was an American Pop artist best known for his collages, sculptures, and screenprints that stylized the female figure. Often isolating segments of the body—red lips with a cigarette, a single nipple, or a stylish shoe—his artworks aim was to seize a viewer’s attention. “The prime mission of my art, in the beginning, and continuing still, is to make figurative art as exciting as abstract art,” he once said of his work. Born on February 23, 1931 in Cincinnati, OH, he was drafted into the US Army to serve in the Korean War in 1952. Returning home after the war, he studied drawing at the Art Academy of Cincinnati before working as an illustrator of comic strips and men’s magazines...
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1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Linocut, Lithograph

SIX PILLS (LARGE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Inkjet printed in colors on wove paper. Hand signed & numbered by Damien Hirst. Published by Other Criteria, London. Image size 19.75 by 26.625 inches. Sheet size 26.875 by 32...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Inkjet

Sun in my room , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life , 70x70cm, print on canvas
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Color

Rainbow Quilt Heart Pop Art Vintage Offset Lithograph Poster Jim Dine, Maeght
Located in Surfside, FL
Jim Dine, Monotypes et Gravures, Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1983. Vintage Offset Lithograph Poster American contemporary pop art. A colorful heart quilt in a rainbow of colors. Jim Dine...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Morocco , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Morocco , 70x70cm, print on canvas
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Color

Roy Lichtenstein 'Post Visual'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 16.5 x 11.75 inches ( 41.91 x 29.845 cm ) Image Size: 11 x 9.25 inches ( 27.94 x 23.495 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Exhibition poster by Licht...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, New York, Limited Edition 1960s poster
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, 1964 Silkscreen poster 45 1/2 inches (vertical) × 30 inches (horizontal) (Ship rolled in...
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1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Canadian Post Modern Pop Art Lithograph Vintage Poster Memphis Galerie Maeght
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage gallery exhibition poster. The Galerie Maeght is a gallery of modern art in Paris, France, and Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The gallery was founded in 1936 in Cannes. The Paris gallery was started in 1946 by Aimé Maeght. The artists exhibited are mainly from France and Spain. Since 1945, the gallery has presented the greatest modern artists such as Matisse, Bonnard, Braque, Miró, and Calder. In 1956, Adrien Maeght opened a new parisian venue. The second generation of “Maeght” artists was born: Bazaine, Andre Derain, Giacometti, Kelly, Raoul Ubac, then Riopelle, Antoni Tapies, Pol Bury and Adami, among others. Jean-Paul Riopelle, CC GOQ (7 October 1923 – 12 March 2002) was a painter and sculptor from Quebec, Canada. He became the first Canadian painter (since James Wilson Morrice) to attain widespread international recognition. Born in Montreal, Riopelle began drawing lessons in 1933 and continued through 1938. He studied engineering, architecture and photography at the école polytechnique in 1941. In 1942 he enrolled at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal but shifted his studies to the less academic école du Meuble, graduating in 1945. He studied under Paul-Émile Borduas in the 1940s and was a member of Les Automatistes movement. Breaking with traditional conventions in 1945 after reading André Breton's Le Surréalisme et la Peinture, he began experimenting with non-objective (or non-representational) painting. He was one of the signers of the Refus global manifesto. In 1947 Riopelle moved to Paris and continued his career as an artist, where, after a brief association with the surrealists (he was the only Canadian to exhibit with them) he capitalized on his image as a "wild Canadian". His first solo exhibition took place in 1949 at the Surrealist meeting place, Galerie La Dragonne in Paris. Riopelle married Françoise Lespérance in 1946; the couple had two daughters but separated in 1953. In 1959 he began a relationship with the American painter Joan Mitchell, Living together throughout the 1960s, they kept separate homes and studios near Giverny, where Monet had lived. They influenced one another greatly, as much intellectually as artistically, but their relationship was a stormy one, fueled by alcohol. The relationship ended in 1979. His 1992 painting Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg is Riopelle's tribute to Mitchell, who died that year, and is regarded as a high point of his later work. Riopelle's style in the 1940s changed quickly from Surrealism to Lyrical Abstraction (related to abstract expressionism), in which he used myriad tumultuous cubes and triangles of multicolored elements, facetted with a palette knife, spatula, or trowel, on often large canvases to create powerful atmospheres. The presence of long filaments of paint in his painting from 1948 through the early 1950s[8] has often been seen as resulting from a dripping technique like that of Jackson Pollock. Rather, the creation of such effects came from the act of throwing, with a palette knife or brush, large quantities of paint onto the stretched canvas. Riopelle's voluminous impasto became just as important as color. His oil painting technique allowed him to paint thick layers, producing peaks and troughs as copious amounts of paint were applied to the surface of the canvas. Riopelle, though, claimed that the heavy impasto was unintentional: "When I begin a painting," he said, "I always hope to complete it in a few strokes, starting with the first colours I daub down anywhere and anyhow. But it never works, so I add more, without realizing it. I have never wanted to paint thickly, paint tubes are much too expensive. But one way or another, the painting has to be done. When I learn how to paint better, I will paint less thickly." When Riopelle started painting, he would attempt to finish the work in one session, preparing all the color he needed before hand: "I would even go as far to say—obviously I don't use a palette, but the idea of a palette or a selection of colors that is not mine makes me uncomfortable, because when I work, I can't waste my time searching for them. It has to work right away." A third element, range of gloss, in addition to color and volume, plays a crucial role in Riopelle's oil paintings. Paints are juxtaposed so that light is reflected off the surface not just in different directions but with varying intensity, depending on the naturally occurring gloss finish (he did not varnish his paintings). These three elements; color, volume, and range of gloss, would form the basis of his oil painting technique throughout his long and prolific career. Riopelle received an Honorable Mention at the 1952 São Paulo Art Biennial. In 1953 he showed at the Younger European Painters exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The following year Riopelle began exhibiting at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York. In 1954, works by Riopelle, along with those of B. C. Binning and Paul-Émile Borduas represented Canada at the Venice Biennale. He was the sole artist representing Canada at the 1962 Venice Biennale in an exhibit curated by Charles Comfort...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Pop Art prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Pop Art prints and multiples 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 prints and multiples created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, red, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Peter Max, Francisco Nicolás, Heidler & Heeps, and Andy Warhol. Frequently made by artists working with Screen Print, and Lithograph and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Pop Art prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available.

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