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
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.
$2,042
Adult Entertainment, Nevada - American Pop Art Color Photography Large Framed
Located in Cambridge, GB
Fun pop art typography, a total 'Sign Porn' fix, captured on an American road trip in Nevada. This artwork features in Richard Heeps' sold out book 'Man's Ruin' and an edition of thi...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$1,589
Original 1988 Keith Haring American Music Festival NYC Ballet Serigraph Mint
By Keith Haring
Located in Spokane, WA
Original pop art poster: American Music Festival, New York City Ballet – 1988 by Keith Haring This New York City Ballet serigraph poster from 1988 / Keith Haring features the Ameri...
Screen
Vinyl Collection 'Press Conference (Carmine Red)' - Pop Art Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler and Heeps Vinyl Collection 'Press Conference Carmine Red'. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Ices (Blue Teal), Bexhill-on-Sea - British Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The blue teal co...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Gold Mine, Haddenham - Pop Art Typography Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Gold Mine, pop art typography photograph by Richard Heeps. With reference to the Wild West a popular theme in Richard's artwork. This artwork is a limited edition of 25, gloss photo...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Type II Tutti Frutti - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Type II Tutti Frutti, from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection - The B Sides. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, p...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Original Andy Warhol Brillo Pasadena Art Museum serigraph vintage poster
By Andy Warhol
Located in Spokane, WA
Original serigraph: Andy Warhol Brillo soap pads. Artist: Andy Warhol. Size 26" x 30" Year: 1970. Archival linen-backed original serigraph ready to frame. Warhol's Billo ...
Screen
Vinyl Collection, All Rights Reserved (Sea foam) Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
All Rights Reserved (Seafoam), a turquoise blue green artwork in the Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have co...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Flowers by Andy Warhol (1964) Art Print – Iconic Pop Art Design
Located in Winterswijk, NL
A bold and vibrant reproduction of Andy Warhol’s iconic 1964 Flowers series, this striking artwork is printed on heavy art paper, showcasing the enduring brilliance of Pop Art. The c...
Paper
$1,500
Shepard Fairey Obama Vote 2008 Campaign Print Artist's For Obama Political Art
Located in Draper, UT
One of the many Iconic images by Shepard Fairey from the 2008 Campaign trail. This is a print that will stand the test of time in both artist and political forums. Edition Detail...
Lithograph
Hell 1/2 Way Heaven
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Created by Ed Ruscha in 1988, Hell ½ Way Heaven is a color lithograph on Rives paper. Signed by the artist and numbered within the lithographic plate, the print is annotated 2/100 fr...
Lithograph, Offset
Odyssetron I (From the suite of 5 lithographs)
By Bryan Rogers
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Odyssetron I" 1982 is an original color lithograph by American PopArt artist Bryan Rogers, 1941-2013. It is hand signed and numbered 1/50 in pencil by the artist. With the blind stamp of the publisher, Western Wedge, Oakland California at the lower left corner. The sheet size is 18 x 24 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. An example of this particular artwork is in the permanent collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in San Francisco...
Lithograph
Pistol Screenprint by Roy Lichtenstein, Pop Art, Unsigned, 1969
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein Title: Pistol (from Banner, Multiples Calendar) Medium: Screenprint in colors Date: 1969 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 19 1/4" x 19 3/8" Sheet Size: 15 3/...
Screen
Poppin' Flowers Offset Lithograph, Signed Edition of 300, 60x60 cm
Located in London, GB
Takashi Murakami, Poppin’ Flowers, 2025 Offset Lithograph 23 3/5 × 23 3/5 in 60 × 60 cm Edition of 300 hand-signed and numbered
Offset
Adult Entertainment, Nevada - American Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Fun pop art typography, a total 'Sign Porn' fix, captured on an American road trip in Nevada. This artwork features in Richard Heeps' sold out book 'Man...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$23,000
Infinity Nets (1986). Screenprint. Limited Edition 40/100 by Yayoi Kusama ABE 95
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Yayoi Kusama Infinity Nets (1986). Edition 40/100 Screenprint [2 screens, 2 colors] Signed, titled, dated and numbered 57/100 in pencil by the artist 28 x 32 cm [11 ¹/₃₂ x 12 ¹⁹/₃₂ ...
Screen
Jonathan Winters, "American Indian Rain Bird, " hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a giclee after an original painting created by Jonathan Winters in 1970. Jonathan Winters was an American comedian, actor, author, and artist whose iconic career spanne...
Giclée
Jonathan Winters, "The Thoughts of a Matador, " hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a giclée after an original painting created by Jonathan Winters in 1977. Jonathan Winters was an American comedian, actor, author, and artist whose iconic career spanne...
Giclée
Space from Tribute 21, Signed and Numbered Lithograph by Robert Rauschenberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Space from Tribute 21 by Robert Rauschenberg, American (1925–2008) Date: 1994 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 50, HC 9/25 Size: 41 x 27 in. (104.14 x 68.58 cm) P...
Lithograph
As I Opened Fire, Roy Lichtenstein (Stedelijk Museum)
Located in New York, NY
This offset lithograph in colors in three panels was created in 2002 and is from the unsigned edition of unknown size measuring 25 x 20 ½ in. (63.5 x 52 cm.) each and 25 x 62 in. ...
Lithograph, Offset
ICES Set of Four Framed Artworks - Pop Art Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Set of four ready to hang framed pop art photography, featuring Richard Heeps 'ICES' in Lilac Purple, Green, Melondrama Coral Orange and Blue Teal. ICES, is a bestselling artwork by...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Tape Collection - Mint Tinted Cassette - Conceptual Color Music Pop Art
Located in Cambridge, GB
Mint Tinted Cassette from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’ personal past and...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Takashi Murakami record art 2018 (Takashi Murakami Kanye West)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Takashi Murakami Record Art 2018 (Takashi Murakami Kanye West Kid Cudi): This Takashi Murakami designed cover & record album is for Kids See Ghosts and is the only studio album by t...
Paper, Offset
Swim-in-Pool, Las Vegas, Nevada - Americana Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Swim-in-Pool, photograph from Richard Heeps Dream in Colour series. This fun original artwork really shows Richard's unique eye as a photographer, creating this slightly surreal kits...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Untitled - Signed Silkscreen Ink on Tin Unique Painting, 1985
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Robert Rauschenberg's "Untitled" (1985) dates from the early years of the Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange, the decade-long touring project he conceived and largely self-fun...
Metal
Listen to the Bass - Vintage Interior Music Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Captured when documenting the Preston Hall Museum, this atmospheric piece beautifully captures the nostalgic feeling of a record collection, the added detail of 'His Master's Voice' ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Tape Collection 90 Minutes Vintage Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
90 Minutes Vintage Blue, pop art from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, pers...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$3,484
Vinyl Collection 15 Piece Rainbow Installation - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Fifteen Piece Rainbow Installation. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifull...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Poor Richard Heads, American Cowboy, Muffler Men - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
A classic American icon, the roadside giant Cowboy "Muffler Man", captured on Richard Heeps' road trip between Mecca and the Salton Sea. Part of a series of pictures by Richard Heeps...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Red's Roxy
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Complete with moving film strip (operated by crank handle and viewable through the tiny theatre windows), Red’s Roxy is one of the most fun and clever of the artist’s three-dimension...
Lithograph
Set of Four Framed Pop Art Color Blue Sky American Sign Photographs
Located in Cambridge, GB
Pink Champagne Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey, 2013 Sundowner Sign, Salton Sea, California, 2003 Roy's Motel Sign, Route 66, Amboy, California, 2001 Swim-in-Pool Supply Co. Las Vegas, N...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Tape Collection Elektronik - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Elektronik, pop art from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, personal past and...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$2,650
Hero as a Riddle by Eduardo Paolozzi gold silver pop art with Basquiat style
Located in New York, NY
Hero as a Riddle (1963) depicts a smiling head printed in gold, silver, and black. The shapes and lines composing the figure’s face are architectural and geometric: the eyes are comp...
Screen
Suckers State I
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this lithograph on Rives BFK. Signed, inscribed "state I" and numbered 111/150 in pencil. Printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with the blin...
Lithograph
Bitchin', Hemsby, Norfolk - Graphic typography pop art color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Bitchin', part of Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series. This cool 'Bitchin' decal was shot at 4am at the Hemsby Rock 'n' Roll Weekender. This artwork is a limited edition of 25, gloss ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Jim Dine poster Boymans Museum (Two Ties) red black 1970s retro pop art
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Original poster produced on the occasion of Jim Dine's 1971 exhibition at the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam. This vintage poster reproduces the artist’s lithograph Two Ties: neckties ske...
Offset
Andy Warhol Kiku, Signed Screenprint, 1983, Framed
By Andy Warhol
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Andy Warhol Title: Kiku Medium: Screenprint on Rives BFK paper Date: 1983 Edition: AP 12/30 Frame Size: 32 1/4" x 38 1/2" Sheet Size: 19 5/8" x 26" Signature: Hand signed and...
Screen
$25,000
Crosses
By Andy Warhol
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Crosses (1982) Unique polaroid print Size: 3.375 x 4.25 in (8.6 x 10.8 cm) Frame size: 11.5 x 12 in (29.2 x 30.4 cm) Authenticated by the Authentication Boa...
Polaroid
$898Sale Price|25% Off
Original Batman Museo Dell'Automobile Torino vintage Italian poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: BATMAN - Museo Dell'Automobile Torino Artist: after Andy Warhol. Size 27.25" x 37" Printed: 1996 in Milan, Italy. Excellent condition. This pop art Italian poster in perfect condition, ready to frame. This is the original first printing of the Museo Dell'Automobile Torino (Italy) Batman, Andy Warhol. 'Viaggio in Italia'. This poster features the artwork for Warhol’s unauthorised 1964 film “Batman Dracula”. Excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity. Printed in Italy. The exhibition poster was for Nov. 30, 1996 - March 9, 1997. This BATMAN - Museo Dell'Automobile Torino is an Original Vintage Poster, not a reproduction. This poster is in excellent condition. This is an Original Lithograph Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. This is an Original Lithograph Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. Free Continental USA shipping included (saves $69 1st Dibs...
Offset
Jim Dine Red Design for Satin Heart "The Picture of Dorian Grey" bleeding heart
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
This proof depicts one of Jim Dine's signatures motifs, a deep red heart, which drips down the page. Along the right side of the heart, hand-drawn text reads: “Red design for satin h...
Etching
Dream in Color 'SIGNS' Installation - Pop Art, Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps' eye for capturing "Sign Porn" has meant he is extremely popular in this genre. He has a big collection of "Signs" from around the world and he is always adding to them...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$409
ICES Burnt Orange, Bexhill-on-Sea - Pop Art Typography Photography Print Only
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Burnt Orange, bold pop art street photography from Richard Heeps' series, On-Sea. Created as an ode to Richard's childhood visits to his grandparents living on the Sussex coast...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$457Sale Price|50% Off
Post it Green, Multiple Black Print on Green Paper 2013 Triennale Milano Italy
By Ettore Spalletti
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a site specific artwork of Ettore Spalletti in Pop Art style of Andy Warhol and following Ed Ruscha , especially made for the exhibition at the Triennale of Milano (Italy) in 2013. This "post...
Paper
ICES Blue Curacao, Bexhill-on-Sea - Pop Art Typography Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Blue Curacao, bold pop art street photography from Richard Heeps' series, On-Sea. Created as an ode to Richard's childhood visits to his grandparents living on the Sussex coast...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Original GRATEFUL DEAD Skull and Roses 1971 Tour poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Grateful Dead “Skeleton & Roses” Poster (1971) — Tour Blank. Grade A, A- condition, ready to frame. A striking 1971 Grateful Dead poster f...
Offset
Seiko, Pop Art Screenprint by Rupert Jasen Smith
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953 - 1989) - Seiko, Year: 1989, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 52/100, Size: 35.75 x 35.75 in. (90.81 x 90.81 cm), Fra...
Screen
Lights of Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong Architecture Street Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Lights of Mong Kok, Kowloon, Asian architecture photograph by Richard Heeps. The artwork captures the spirit of walking the streets in Hong Kong, the overwhelming buzz of the compet...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
ICES Red, Bexhill-on-Sea - Pop Art Typography Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Red, bold pop art street photography from Richard Heeps' series, On-Sea. Created as an ode to Richard's childhood visits to his grandparents living on the Sussex coast, the art...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$396Sale Price|20% Off
Revolution II (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Celebrating Che Guevara in this colorful pop art series by Mauro Oliveira. Limited edition of 30 museum quality Giclee prints on CANVAS, signed and numbered by the artist. Print le...
Giclée
Greenville County Museum of Art, Pop Art Offset Lithograph by Jasper Johns
By Jasper Johns
Located in Long Island City, NY
Painter, sculptor, and printmaker, Jasper Johns became one of America's best-known post-Abstract Expressionists and Minimalists. His name is most associated with pictorial images of ...
Lithograph, Offset
ICES Kiosk, Bexhill-on-Sea - Retro English Typography Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Kiosk, Richard recisited the location of his best selling artwork, capturing this cute vignette of the seaside kiosk. This artwork is a limited edition of 25, gloss photographi...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$2,500
Marching On A Butterbur Leaf Print 2019 Exclusive Limited Sticker Set Pop Art
Located in Draper, UT
DETAILS: 27 x 17 inches 2020 Offset lithograph 80# Classic Linen Solar White Cover
Lithograph
$950
Ray Gun 1960 by Claes Oldenburg -- edgy industrial punk pop text art splatters
Located in New York, NY
Ray gun is one of Oldenburg’s most iconic motifs, and the artist’s tongue-in-cheek alter ego. Oldenburg took the name from a weapon used in the show “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ...
Screen
SIGNED Frank Stella poster 1980 Democratic Convention colorful vintage Pop
By Frank Stella
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 ...
Lithograph
4 Americans in Paris MoMa Exhibition Poster
Located in New York, NY
(after) Robert Indianna (American, 1928-2018) 4 Americans in Paris, 1970 Screenprint Framed: 46 1/4 x 23 x 3/4 in. Signed in the plate: (c) R Indiana 1970 Published by American Imag...
Screen
$245
Best Choice in Downtown, Kowloon, Hong Kong Asian architecture color photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Best Choice in Downtown, captured by Richard Heeps in Kowloon in 2016, this piece perfectly captures the layers of Hong Kong. As a photographer Richard is always looking at what trul...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
ICES Pink Lemonade, Bexhill-on-Sea - Pop Art Typography Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Pink Lemonade, bold pop art street photography from Richard Heeps' series, On-Sea. Created as an ode to Richard's childhood visits to his grandparents living on the Sussex coas...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$423
Martini Corner, Bisbee, Arizona - American Vintage Interior Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Martini Corner, with the Kodak film rebate, vintage interior photograph from Richard Heeps Dream in Colour series. An interior vignette from Bisbee, Arizona, the saturated colours an...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Future Primeval, Pop Art Exhibition Poster by Keith Haring
By Keith Haring
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exhibition poster for American Pop artist Keith Haring’s show “Future Primeval” that was held at the Queens Museum and the Illinois State University Galleries in 1990 and 1991. Th...
Color
$245
ICES Tyrian Purple, Bexhill-on-Sea - Small Framed Pop Art Typography Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The tyrian purpl...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin