Items Similar to Life (limited edition, hand signed and numbered Op Art First Day Cover (framed)
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5
Yaacov AgamLife (limited edition, hand signed and numbered Op Art First Day Cover (framed)1980
1980
About the Item
Yaacov Agam
"Life", (Hand Signed and numbered), 1980
Hand Signed, Stamped Gallery Art Center Envelope with French postage stamp & numbered
Triple signature "Agam" and number 46/54 on the front
Frame Included: floated in original vintage frame
This very special vintage limited edition work features the “Agam” design by Yaacov Agam, a pioneer of Op Art. It is the first artist facsimile signature that France permitted to appear within an official cancel and was issued by France in 1980. Agam used his well-known multi-color triple signature for this piece. Agam, then, exceptionally, signed it by hand twice. The original French postage stamp can be seen as well. It is in in good condition. A rare and desirable piece of European vintage ephemera - highly collectible for Agam lovers.
Measurements:
Frame:
8 x 12 x 0.5 inch
Work:
4.25 x 8.75 inches
- Creator:Yaacov Agam (1928, Israeli)
- Creation Year:1980
- Dimensions:Height: 8 in (20.32 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:Very good vintage condition; not examined outside of vintage period frame, but appears fine. The second signature underneath the first appears faded (see photo).
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1745212837702
Yaacov Agam
Influenced by his upbringing in Judaism as well as the teachings of the Bauhaus, Yaacov Agam is a pioneer of kinetic art as well as the Op art movement and is often credited with introducing geometric abstraction to his home country of Israel.
Born in Rishon LeZion, Palestine — now part of Israel — the son of a rabbi, Agam found that the spiritual world had a major influence on his art practice, as did the sand dunes he grew up watching as they constantly shifted with the wind. This perpetual movement would inform his work, whereby riveting, prismatic compositions that transform from different perspectives, patterns that generate optical effects and sculptures that move with a passing breeze all reflect the gradual changes in nature.
Agam studied with Israeli painter Mordecai Ardon at the Bezalel School of Art in Jerusalem in the 1940s before traveling to Zurich where he trained with Swiss Expressionist painter Johannes Itten and was inspired by the abstract work of Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky.
One of the innovative techniques Agam developed was the Agamograph, which uses lenticular printing so that multiple images, which are revealed as the viewer moves around the piece, can be seen on a single work. His art has regularly involved the spectator as a participant, whether it’s the 1972–74 room-size kinetic installation he created for the Elysée Palace that’s now in the Centre Pompidou in which a gleaming abstract sculpture is surrounded on all sides by polychromatic lines or it’s public art like the 1986 Fire and Water Fountain in Tel Aviv with circles of vibrant panels that offer varying colors from every angle.
In 2018, the Yaacov Agam Museum of Art opened in Rishon LeZion, showcasing six decades of Agam’s influential work that engages with perception through color, shape and form, from paintings, prints and installations to new experiments in interactive digital art.
Find a collection of Yaacov Agam art today on 1stDibs.
About the Seller
5.0
Platinum Seller
These expertly vetted sellers are 1stDibs' most experienced sellers and are rated highest by our customers.
Established in 2007
1stDibs seller since 2022
289 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 1 hour
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: New York, NY
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 1 day of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Vintage Hardback Monograph: Planetary Folklore (Hand signed by Victor Vasarely)By Victor VasarelyLocated in New York, NYVictor Vasarely Planetary Folklore (Hand signed by Victor Vasarely), 1973 Hardback monograph with dust jacket Hand signed by Victor Vasarely on the first front end page 9 1/2 × 9 7/...Category
1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board
- ANUSZKIEWICZ, monograph (hand signed and inscribed by Richard Anuszkiewicz)By Richard AnuszkiewiczLocated in New York, NYRichard 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 Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Ink, Board
- Anthea Galleria D'arte poster, limited edition Italian poster mid century modernBy Victor VasarelyLocated in New York, NYVictor Vasarely Anthea Galleria D'arte Poster, ca. 1971 Offset lithograph poster Limited edition of 400 (unnumbered) 28 1/2 × 22 1/2 inches Unframed This historic offset lithograph p...Category
1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Offset
- Richard Feigen Gallery 1965 Op Art posterBy Bridget RileyLocated in New York, NYBridget Riley Richard Feigen Gallery 1965 Op Art poster, 1965 Offset lithograph poster 21 × 17 inches Unframed Very rare early Bridget Riley poster...Category
1960s Op Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Offset
- Chateau Mouton Rothschild label (hand signed)By Yaacov AgamLocated in New York, NYYaacov Agam Chateau Mouton Rothschild label (hand signed), 1984 Offset lithograph (hand signed by Yaacov Agam) Hand signed twice in black and ...Category
1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Offset
- Historic limited edition 1960s retrospective poster British Council Pop Op ArtBy Bridget RileyLocated in New York, NYAfter Bridget Riley Bridget Riley Works 1959-1978: A Major Retrospective Exhibition, 1978 in collaboration with five international museums Published by the Fine Arts Council UK Offs...Category
1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsOffset, Lithograph
You May Also Like
- Untitled #1, 1964 from New York TenBy Mon LevinsonLocated in New York, NYThis dynamic work was realized by the esteemed 20th Century modern artist Mon Levinson in 1964. The work was realized in 1964, and printed in 1965 by Chiron Press in New York- the same year that Levinson was included in the seminal Op-Art exhibition "The Responsive Eye", alongside contemporary luminaries such as Bridget Riley. An identical work from this edition resides in the permanent collection of the New York MoMA. This mixed media work consists of an translucent vinyl sheet layered over a print- part etching, part lithograph. The clear vinyl sheet is embossed with a tight pattern of sinuously curved repeating black lines and is subtly raised in places- creating a subtle three dimensionality and dynamic sense of movement. The paper is inscribed with the same recurring pattern of snaking black lines, like a fine filigree, with two weighty black geometric forms that appear to crowd the composition. Smaller geometric forms reside within creating the apparition of negative space in the bone hued paper. The juxtaposition of the delicate texture and colossal feeling forms imbues the piece with a stunning dynamism and tension, helping to explain why Levinson is among the most influential and important artist to come out of the Op Art movement. His work is in the permanent collections of important institutions around the world including the Museum of Modern Art as well as the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Signed by the artist and marked 18/200. The work comes presented in a custom walnut and white gilt frame...Category
1960s Op Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsMixed Media
- UntitledBy Victor VasarelyLocated in Miami, FLVictor Vasarely was a French-Hungarian artist credited as the grandfather and leader of the Op Art movement. Utilizing geometric shapes and colorful graphics, the artist created compelling illusions of spatial depth, as seen in his work Vega-Nor (1969). Vasarely’s method of painting borrowed from a range of influences, including Bauhaus design principles, Wassily Kandinsky, and Constructivism. Born Győző Vásárhelyi on April 9, 1906 in Pécs, Hungary, he briefly studied medicine, but after two years he dedicated himself to learn academic painting. In the late 1920s, Vasarely enrolled at the Muhely Academy in Budapest, where the syllabus was largely based on Walter Gropius’s Bauhaus school in Germany. After settling in Paris in 1930, Vasarely worked in advertising agencies to support himself as a graphic artist while creating many works including Zebra (1937), which is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Op Art. The artist experimented in a style based in Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism during the 1940s, before arriving at his hallmark checkerboard paintings...Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsScreen
- Amour - a Print by Denis Meyers edition 6 of 23Located in New York, NYA print from an original drawing by Denis Meyers - Artist proof from an edition 23. The print on paper features some of Denis Meyers "Word Patterns". Ship...Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
MaterialsInk, Offset
- Respirer (Breathe) - A Print by Dennis MeyersLocated in New York, NYA print from an original drawing by Denis Meyers - Artist proof from an edition 30. The print on paper features some of Denis Meyers "Word Patterns". Ships flat and inquire for framing options. Born in 1979, Denis Meyers is a Belgian urban artist. He studied at the National Superior School of Arts and Visuals of la Cambre, in Brussels, city where he currently lives and works. Denis Meyers is particularly known for his frescoes and stickers in form of faces, which he calls his “perso”, printed and cut out by hand and then spread in the urban space. The artist defines himself as a typographer, a vocation that he inherited from his grandfather, Lucien De Roeck (1915-2002) which created among others the ensemble of the World Expo poster...Category
2010s Contemporary More Art
MaterialsInk, Offset, Acrylic
- Partager (Share) - A Print by Denis MeyersLocated in New York, NYA print from an original drawing by Denis Meyers - Artist proof from an edition. The print on paper features some of Denis Meyers "Word Patterns", printed ...Category
2010s Street Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsInk, Offset
- IMAGINER - A Print by Denis Meyers with layered texted in Black and RedLocated in New York, NYA unique print from an original drawing by Denis Meyers - Artist proof from an edition of 5. The print on paper features some of Denis Meyers "Word Patterns". Ships flat and inquire ...Category
2010s Street Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsInk, Offset
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Rust Colored Box
Cricket Bronze
Robert Georgio
Karl Baumann
Vintage Pencil Tin
Whiting And David
Willem Arondeus
Vintage Screen Effect
Parasol Press
Modern Large Abstract Painting Violet
Kandinsky Hand Signed Lithograph
World Of Reza
Jennifer Hudson
Vintage Co Op Sign
Van Arp
Vintage Silver Spurs
Dazor Magnifying
Kimmie B