Skip to main content

Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

American

“I’m interested,” Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930–2020) once said, “in making something romantic out of a very, very mechanistic geometry.” Anuszkiewicz sought to achieve this romance through works juxtaposing vibrant colors in geometric configurations. The perceptual effects he created helped define the American Op art movement.

Anuszkiewicz studied color theory at Yale under Josef Albers and was greatly influenced by Albers’s approach. “The image in my work has always been determined by what I wanted the color to do,” Anuszkiewicz explained in a 1974 catalogue. “Color function becomes my subject matter, and its performance is my painting.”

He departed from his mentor, however, in the pulsating, illusory qualities he gave his work. One of his most famous paintings, Deep Magenta Square (1978), although similar in composition to Albers’s “Homage to the Square” series, is distinctly Op art in the way the striations surrounding the central square seem to vibrate and jump off the canvas.

Anuszkiewicz spent his entire career exploring optical effects through the manipulation of line and color, producing spectacular and timeless pieces of art. “Working with basic ideas will always be exciting,” he said in 1977. “And if a color or form is visually exciting in any profound sense, it will be that way in 10 or 20 years from now.”

Browse a variety of paintings and prints by Richard Anuszkiewicz at 1stDibs.

to
6
3
17
9
10
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
45
2
6
23
3
4
7
2
1
24
11
9
1
1
27
8
8
8
6
45
7,786
4,999
2,504
1,374
14
15
40
5
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz
Sun Keyed, OP Art Silkscreen by Richard Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930 - ) Title: Sun Keyed Year: 1972 Medium: Screenprint (unsigned) Edition: 3000 Image Size: 12 x 14 inches Size: 14 x 18 in. (35.56 x 45....
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Annual Edition, Lt. Ed. 1970s mixed media Op Art silkscreen on board hand signed
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Annual Edition, 1970 Silkscreen on Masonite Signed and dated in graphite pencil lower right recto. Edition of 100 8 × 5 1/10 × 1/5 inches Unframed Signed and dat...
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Masonite, Screen, Graphite

Sequential I - X
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in London, GB
Richard Anuszkiewicz Sequential Prints: Sequential I - X 1972 Screenprint on paper, Edition of 200 71.1 x 53.3 cms (28 x 21 ins)
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Temple of Evening Reds, 1983 Acrylic OpArt by Cleveland School Artist
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930-2020) Temple of Evening Reds, 1983 Acrylic on canvas Signed verso 36 x 36 inches 36.75 x 36.75 inches, framed Richard Anuszkiewicz was born in E...
Category

1980s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Acrylic

Pale Pink
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Pale Pink" is an abstract Post War acrylic painting by Richard Anuszkiewicz in 1980. The artwork is 48 1/4 x 48 1/4 inches and, with the frame, is 49 1/4 x 49 1/4 x 2 inches. It is ...
Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Acrylic

Winter Suite (Light Blue with Blue), OP Art Etching by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

Soft Lime, Signed/N 1970s geometric abstraction by renowned Op Artist 38" x 46"
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Soft Lime, 1976 8 Color silkscreen on Lenox 100% Cotton paper 38 × 46 inches Pencil signed and numbered 41/75 on the front; bears printers blind stamp from NYIT ...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen, Pencil

1920 League of Women Voters, by Richard Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
The 50th Anniversary of the League of Women Voters Screenprint Poster from 1970, designed by Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930 - 2020) printed in 1969,...
Category

1960s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Red to Green Portal
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Red to Green Portal Aquatint, 1979 Signed and dated in pencil lower right (see photo) Edition: 95 (84/95), see photo Provenance: U.S. Representative James A. Leach, retired Condition...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Aquatint

Richard Anuszkiewicz, Six Squares - Signed Screen Print from 1969, Op Art
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Hamburg, DE
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930–2020) Six Squares, 1969 Medium: Screenprint on card Dimensions: 64 x 94 cm (25 x 37 in) Edition of 200: Hand-signed and numbered in pencil
Category

20th Century Abstract Geometric Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Blue II, OP Art Screenprint on Panel by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930 - ) Title: Untitled Blue II Year: 1991 Medium: Silkscreen on Panel mounted to Silkscreened Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: ...
Category

1990s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Panel, Screen

Richard Anusziewicz Annual Edition. Limited Ed. Op Art silkscreen on masonite
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Annual Edition, 1987-1988 Limited edition silkscreen on masonite Signed and dated by the artist lower right in pencil Frame Included (floated within a box frame)...
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Masonite, Screen

Richard Anusziewicz, Soft Satellite Red, Op Art Silkscreen, signed/N orig. frame
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Soft Satellite Red, 1981 Silkscreen on wove paper Signed, dated and numbered 53 from the edition of 100 in pencil by the artist on the front. Bears label from Me...
Category

1980s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Richard Anuszkiewicz 1963 Original Painting
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in San Francisco, CA
Richard Anuszkiewicz: 1930-2020. Very important and well listed American artist. He has auction results as high as $250,000. He was the leader of what would be called OP Art short fo...
Category

1960s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Acrylic

Summer Suite (Red with Gold I), OP Art Etching by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

Inward Eye, #2 OP Art Serigraph by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publishers stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500. Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American ...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Spring Suite (Yellow with Yellow), OP Art Etching by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

Autumn Suite (Green with Red), OP Art etching by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Translumina
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Translumina" is an abstract Post War acrylic on wood painting by Richard Anuszkiewicz in 1988. The artwork is 48 x 48 in. It is signed verso, "Richard Anuszkiewicz 1988". Op Art em...
Category

20th Century Post-War Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Old Door
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Old Door, 1953 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front 20 × 14 inches Unframed This unique and extre...
Category

1950s American Modern Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Richard Anuszkiewicz, Spectral Cadmiums - Portfolio of 6 Signed Prints, Op Art
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Hamburg, DE
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930–2020) Spectral Cadmiums, 1968 Medium: Portfolio of 6 screenprints on card (in original blue-lettered yellow cloth case) Dimensions: 27½ h × 27½ w...
Category

20th Century Abstract Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

1920 League of Women Voters, Large OP Art Screenprint by Anuszkiewicz 1969
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930 - ) Title: 1920 League of Women Voters Year: 1969 Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, and dated ...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Inward Eye, #1 OP Art Serigraph by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publishers stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500. Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American ...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Metallic Water, unique 1960s Op Art painting (signed), Art Institute of Chicago
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Metallic Water, 1964 Painting with Liquitex on canvas. (1964 Art Institute of Chicago Exhibition and J.L. Hudson Gallery) Signed boldly and dated 1964 on the ver...
Category

1960s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

New York City Opera
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz New York City Opera, 1968 Silkscreen poster 35 x 25 inches Unsigned Anuszkiewicz created this poster, which was part of "Seve...
Category

1960s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Inward Eye
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Inward Eye" 1970, is an original colors screen print by renown artist Richard Anuszkiewicz, 1930-2020. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist. The image size ...
Category

Late 20th Century Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Grey tinted Rainbow Geometric Abstraction dazzling Op Art framed assemblage S/N
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ Grey Tinted Rainbow, 1992 Assemblage with 14 Color Silkscreen and Lithograph Edition of 40 Pencil signed and numbered 11/40 on the front Frame included: elegantl...
Category

1990s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen, Mixed Media, Pencil

Winter Suite (Green with Silver), OP Art Etching by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

Celebrate New York, Screenprint by Richard Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930 - ) Title: Celebrate New York Year: 1973 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Image Size: 28.75 x 22.25 inches ...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Richard Anuszkiewicz Celebrate New York, hand signed inscribed silkscreen poster
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Celebrate New York (hand signed limited edition poster), 1974 Silkscreen on wove paper Hand-signed by artist, signed, dated and inscribed "to Lowell" on the fron...
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Midnight Suite (Blue with Black), Abstract Etching by Richard Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric configurations. Each of his prints has its own rhythm and, therefore, its own energy as part of a lyrical composition. Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz Title: Midnight Suite (Blue with Black) Year: 1979 Medium: Intaglio Etching with Aquatint on Somerset, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 95, AP 15 Image Size: 21.6 x 21.6 inches Paper Size: 31.25 x 30.2 inches Printer: Deli Sacilotto...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

Inward Eye, #4 OP Art Serigraph by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publishers stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500. Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American ...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Inward Eye, #2 OP Art Serigraph by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publishers stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500. Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American ...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Op Art Bowl for Hirshhorn Museum, Limited Edition 1970s glazed enamel and metal
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Op Art Bowl for Hirshhorn Museum, 1976 Glazed Enamel on Metal Bowl. Artists Signature Fired in Plate Anuszkiewicz' signature fired ont...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Near and Far Acuity, Mid Century Modern Op Art painting from historic exhibition
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Near and Far Acuity, 1957 Gouache and watercolor painting Hand signed and dated 1957 by Richard Anuszkiewicz on the right front Frame included Anuszkiewicz' artworks from the late 1950s are rarely found on the market. This historic painting is one of the works that helped launch the artist's career. It was done in 1957 - the year the artist arrived in New York. Near and Far Acuity has been removed from its original frame, and re-framed in an elegant wood frame with conservation materials and UV plexiglass. The original gallery label from The Contemporaries has been preserved and affixed to the new backing, and the collector who acquires this work will also be provided with a copy of the original receipt - signed by Karl Lunde (director of the Contemporaries and author of a major monograph on the artist). Measurements: Frame: 32 x 28 x 2 inches Artwork: 21 x 25 inches This work was first exhibited in the groundbreaking, and career-making 1960 exhibition at The Contemporaries gallery (New York, February 29, 1960 - March 19, 1960) and was featured in the exhibition catalogue, shown in the images here. In his essay entitled "Richard Anuszkiewicz: Color Precisionist" by art historian John T. Spike, he writes, "In the spring of '57, Richard Anuszkiewicz left Ohio for good. "I was ready. I came to New York with a substantial amount of work. I was ready to go around to the galleries and I was prepared because I really had something. I had an idea. I had a series of paintings that showed this idea and I felt good about it and I felt now that's the only place for me to be." A friend helped him get a job touching up the plaster models of classical temples and statues in the Junior Museum of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He took off six months the next year to travel around Europe in a Volkswagen, also seeing some places in North Africa. "When I came back, I remember taking my work around to the galleries and receiving interesting comments — positive comments from the various people. But Abstract Expressionism was very popular. My things were very hard-edged, very strong in color — a use of color that nobody was using. Everybody would say. 'Oh, they are nice, but so hard to look at. They hurt my eyes". Leo Castelli considered him seriously but the gallery was developing a specialization in pop artists like Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. "I can remember going to Martha Jackson and having her look at the work and she would put her hands straight out in front of her and block out parts of the painting with her hand and she'd say, mmm no rest areas." He finally caught on with The Contemporaries Gallery in the fall of 1959. The gallery at 992 Madison Avenue mainly represented new European talent. Karl Lunde, the gallery director, saw some of his canvases hanging...
Category

1950s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Mixed Media

ANUSZKIEWICZ, monograph (hand signed and inscribed by Richard Anuszkiewicz)
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz ANUSZKIEWICZ by Karl Lunde (hand signed and inscribed by Richard Anuszkiewicz), 1977 Hardback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed and inscribed by Richard An...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Ink, Board

Red II, OP Art Screenprint on Panel by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930 - ) Title: Untitled - Red Year: 1991 Medium: Silkscreen on Panel mounted to Silkscreened Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 6...
Category

1990s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Summer Suite (Red with Gold IV)
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

1920 League of Women Voters, Screenprint by Richard Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
The 50th Anniversary of the League of Women Voters Screenprint Poster from 1970, designed by Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930 - 2020) printed in 1969,...
Category

1960s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

New York City Center of Music and Drama, Op Art Screen Print
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz, American (1930 - 2020) - New York City Center of Music and Drama, Year: 1968, Medium: Screenprint, signed, dated and numbered in pencil, Edition: 6/144, Image S...
Category

1960s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Inward Eye #10, OP Art Serigraph by Anuszkiewicz
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A limited edition serigraph from the Inward Eye portfolio. The work bears the publishers stamp verso and is unsigned from the edition of 500. Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz, Americ...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Richard Anuszkiewicz, Six Squares - Signed Screen Print from 1969, Op Art
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Hamburg, DE
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930–2020) Six Squares, 1969 Medium: Screenprint on card Dimensions: 64 x 94 cm (25 x 37 in) Edition of 200: Hand-signed and numbered in pencil
Category

20th Century Abstract Geometric Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Annual Edition, 1994
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Annual Edition, 1994 Screen print, 1994 Signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Small edition Dedicated in pencil by the artist "For Bart and Ann" Created as a gift to the artist'...
Category

1990s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Richard Anuszkiewicz, 6 Seritypien - Portfolio of 6 Prints, Op Art from 1965
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Hamburg, DE
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930-2020) 6 Seritypien, 1965 Medium: Screenprint on Schoellers Hammer card Dimensions: 24 2/5 × 24 2/5 in (62 × 62 cm) Edition of 125: Each print is ...
Category

20th Century Abstract Geometric Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Screen

Light Magenta Square
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz Title: Light Magenta Square Year: 1978 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 60 x 60 inches Referenced as 1978.9, pg 184 in "Anuszkiew...
Category

1970s Op Art Richard Anuszkiewicz Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Richard Anuszkiewicz art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Richard Anuszkiewicz art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of red, blue, orange and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Richard Anuszkiewicz in screen print, paint, acrylic paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Richard Anuszkiewicz art, so small editions measuring 6 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Julian Stanczak, Victor Debach, and Bridget Riley. Richard Anuszkiewicz art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $600 and tops out at $175,000, while the average work can sell for $2,500.

Artists Similar to Richard Anuszkiewicz

Questions About Richard Anuszkiewicz Art
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    After the success of his “Sol” series in the 1960s, Richard Anuszkiewicz began to focus on his “Centered Square” designs in the mid-1970s. He used interacting colors to change the perception of the art in the eye of the viewer. You can shop a selection of Richard Anuszkiewicz pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.

Recently Viewed

View All