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Yaacov Agam Art

Israeli, b. 1928

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.

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Artist: Yaacov Agam
Torah
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Jerusalem, IL
The five books of the Torah, the jewish Bible, with linear english translation. The limited-edition cover was created in 1992 by the internationally renow...
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1990s Kinetic Yaacov Agam Art

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Printer's Ink

The Agam Passover Haggadah - Gold Edition
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Jerusalem, IL
A Passover Haggadah, made by the artist Yaacov Agam. 58 original serigraphs, pulled by hand on Rivs 270 Gr. (Arjomarie-Prioux) by Atelier Arcay in Paris, 1985. All color separations ...
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1980s Kinetic Yaacov Agam Art

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Paper, Color

Flags
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Jerusalem, IL
A piece by Israeli artist Yaacov Agam, who is known for contributions to optical and kinetic art. In the painting there are flags of the USA and Israel. The artist thinks about the connections and relations of two states. Through culture, and here particularly the music, they complement each other. Five-pointed star from the American flag transforms into Six-pointed star on the Israeli flag...
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21st Century and Contemporary Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph

AGM 167
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Portland, ME
Agam, Yakov. AGM 167. Screenprint, not dated. Published by Circle FIne Art. Edition of 9, numbered 3/9 and signed in white ink. 5 1/2 x 26 3/4 inches (image), In excellent condition. Framed to 24 x 42...
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1960s Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Agamograph no. 17, Abstract Geometric Op Art Lenticular by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928 - ) Title: Agamograph no. 17 Medium: Agamograph, signed and numbered in ink Edition: 99 Size: 12 x 12 in. (30.48 x 30.48 cm) Frame Size: 20.5 x 2...
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Early 2000s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lenticular

Time from the Mobility Within Series, Agamograph by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928 - ) Title: Time from the Mobility Within Series Medium: Agamograph, signed and numbered in ink Edition: 99 Year: circa 2000 Size: 11 x 11.5 in. (2...
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Early 2000s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lenticular

Menorah Series 4, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928 - ) Title: Menorah Series 4 Year: circa 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Size: 52 in. x 1...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Beyond the Visible, Original Marker Drawing by Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Diagonal lines in pink, pink, orange, and black make up the composition of this original drawing by Yaacov Agam. Signed above the printed text ’Agam’. Title: Beyond the Visible Medi...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Yaacov Agam Art

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Archival Paper, Permanent Marker

Untitled
By Yaacov Agam
Located in New York, NY
Stainless steel and marble. Signed and numbered from edition of 350.
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1970s Kinetic Yaacov Agam Art

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Marble, Stainless Steel

TIME CHANGE SUITE
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Aventura, FL
Suite of 5 serigraph prints with binder. Each serigraph is hand signed and numbered by the artist. Sheet size 26 x 6.5 inches (each). Image size approx 19.25 x 13.5 inches. Edition ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

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Paper, Screen

Yaacov Agam, Pace of Time, original work, Watercolor on paper, 1972, mini model
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Yaacov Agam, Pace of Time, Original work, gouache on paper, International artist, Israeli artist, Israeli art. This work is installed in the main entrance of the Tel Aviv museum in a...
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20th Century Kinetic Yaacov Agam Art

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Paper, Gouache

Vintage Agam American Portrait Abstract Modernist Offset Print Poster
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam, Israeli (b. 1928) Offset Print Poster: Birth of a Flag: An American Portrait 1776-1976 Biographical info: The son of a rabbi, Yaacov Agam can trace his ancestry back s...
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20th Century Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

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Offset

V from Double Metamorphosis Series, Op Art Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
V from Double Metamorphosis Series Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928) Date: Circa 1979 Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 180 Image Size: 27.5 x 42 inches Size:...
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1970s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

“Three Movements" Limited Edition Hand-Signed Serigraph by Yaacov Agam, Framed
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Encino, CA
"Three Movements," an original silkscreen by Yaacov Agam, is a piece for the true collector. Agam is considered the father of Kinetic art. His iconic style is recognizable across the...
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1970s Kinetic Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you request. sheet: 13.5 X 13.5 inches Some of these works have beautiful Hebrew calligraphy and mod imagery, animals, children and such that are not usually found in his work. This is a masterpiece of bold, graphic, mod design. Along with Reuven Rubin and Menashe Kadishman he is among Israel's best known artists internationally. Biographical info: The son of a rabbi, Yaacov Agam can trace his ancestry back six generations to the founder of the Chabad movement in Judaism. in 1946, he entered the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Studying with Mordecai Ardon, a former student at the Weimar Bauhaus. Yaakov Agam has been associated h with “abstract” artists, “hard edge” artists, and artists such as Josef Albers and Max Bill. Others find in Agam’s work an indebtedness to the masters of the Bauhaus. Agam’s approach to art, being conceptual in nature, has been likened to Marcel Duchamp’s, who expressed the need to put art “at the service of the spirit.” And, because of Agam’s employment of color and motion in his art, he has been compared to Alexander Calder, the artist who put sculpture into motion. (Motion is not an end, but a means for Agam. Calder’s mobiles are structures that are fixed, revolving at the whim of the wind. In a work by Agam, the viewer must intervene.) Agam has also been classified as an “op art” artist because he excels in playing with our visual sensitivities. Agam went to Zurich to study with Johannes Itten at the Kunstgewerbeschule. There, he met Frank Lloyd Wright and Siegfried Giedion, whose ideas on the element of time in art and architecture impressed him. In 1955, Galerie Denise René hosted a major group exhibition in connection with Vasarely's painting experiments with movement. in addition to art by Vasarely, it included works by Yaacov Agam, Pol Bury, Soto and Jean Tinguely, among others. Most Americans were first introduced to Vasarely by the groundbreaking exhibition, "The Responsive Eye," at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1965. Josef Albers, Richard Anuszkiewicz. The show confirmed Vasarely's international reputation as the father of Op art. Agam has sought to express his ideas in a non-static form of art. In his abstract Kinetic works, which range from paintings and graphics to sculptural installations and building facades. Agam continually seeks to explore new possibilities in form and color and to involve the viewer in all aspects of the artistic process. Thus, for the past 40 years, Yaacov Agam’s pioneering ideas have impacted developments in art, (painting, monoprint, lithograph and agamograph) architecture, theatre, and public sculpture. Reflecting both his Israeli Jewish...
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1980s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph, Screen

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you r...
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1980s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph, Screen

YAACOV AGAM - INFINITY TRANSPARENCY. Limited edition sculpture. Kinetic Op Art
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Madrid, Madrid
YAACOV AGAM - INFINITY TRANSPARENCY Date of creation: 2017 Medium: Colored acrylic panels and wood Edition: 45 Size: 63 x 14,4 x 12,6 cm Condition: In mint conditions Infinity Trans...
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2010s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Wood, Acrylic Polymer

"Hommage du Mondrian (Dark Blue)" Limited Edition Serigraph
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Chatsworth, CA
"Hommage du Mondrian (Dark Blue)" is a limited edition serigraph on paper by Yaacov Agam, hand signed by the artist. Includes Letter of Authenticity. Measures approx. 26.5" x 28" (im...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yaacov Agam Art

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Paper, Screen

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you r...
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1980s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph, Screen

Agam Lenticular Kinetic Agamograph Hand Signed numbered Israeli Kinetic Op Art
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam, Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, and numbered. Limited edition lenticular lens kinetic Agamograph Titled 'Sea Fathom'. Hand-signed and numbered edition 24/99, size of w...
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20th Century Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lenticular, Screen

Beyond the Visible (multi dimensional tower sculpture)
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Aventura, FL
Multi dimensional tower sculpture (polymorph screen print on folded PVC) on brass base. Hand signed by Yaacov Agam. Hand numbered 66/150 (slightly faded - see pic). Size: 34.25 x ...
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1970s Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen, PVC

original lithograph
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1980 for the art revue XXe Siecle and published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches (310 x 232 mm). Not signed.
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1980s Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph

Yaacov Agam, Pace of Time, original work, Watercolor on paper, 1972, mini model
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Yaacov Agam, Pace of Time, Original work, gouache on paper, International artist, Israeli artist, Israeli art. This work is installed in the main...
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20th Century Kinetic Yaacov Agam Art

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Paper, Gouache

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you r...
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1980s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph, Screen

Double Metamorphosis V, Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yaakov Agam (1928) Title: Double Metamorphosis V Year: 1979 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 69/180, plus proofs Size: 36 x 50 inches Condition: Good Inscription: ...
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1970s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

V (from Double Metamorphosis Series) Large Abstract Screen Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print on arches paper. From Double Metamorphosis Series. Hand signed and numbered by Yaacov Agam. From the edition of 180. Sheet size 36.25 x 49.75 inches. Image size 29 ...
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1970s Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

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Paper, Screen

Wash Art 1978, Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yaakov Agam (1928) Title: Wash Art Year: 1978 Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Size: 38.5 x 23.25 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed in colored ink Notes: Publis...
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1970s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Five Visual Orchestrations, Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yaakov Agam (1928) Title: Five Visual Orchestrations Year: 1990 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 12/72, plus proofs Size: 30.25 x 42 inches Condition: Good Inscrip...
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1980s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Double Metamorphosis IV, Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yaakov Agam (1928) Title: Double Metamorphosis IV Year: 1979 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 62/180, plus proofs Size: 36 x 50 inches Condition: Good Inscription:...
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1970s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Union III, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Union III Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928) Date: 1976 Screenprint, signed in pen lower right Image Size: 27 x 22.75 inches Size: 33 x 28.75 in. (83.82 x 73.03 cm)
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1970s Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Untitled IV, Agamograph by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Agamograph is Agam’s unique contribution to the OP Art movement. The object is a print behind a lenticular surface that fools the eye to show movement and ...
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Early 2000s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lenticular

Yaacov Agam Untitled Vertical Orchestration
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Untitled Portfolio: Vertical Orchestration Medium: Silkscreen Year: 1980s Edition: 23/54 Sheet Size: 29 5/8" x 8 3/4"...
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1980s Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

"Hommage du Mondrian (Light Blue)" Limited Edition Serigraph
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Chatsworth, CA
"Hommage du Mondrian (Light Blue)" is a limited edition serigraph on paper by Yaacov Agam, hand signed by the artist. Includes Letter of Authenticity. Measures approx. 26.5" x 28" (i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

UNTITLED
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Portland, ME
Agam, Yaacov, (Jacob Gipstein) (Israeli, b. 1928). UNTITLED. Screenprint in colors, not dated. Edition of 165, signed with marker, and numbered 164/165. 18 1/2 x 47 3/4 inches, 470 x...
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Mid-20th Century Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Yaacov Agam Large Silkscreen Colors on Gold Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a large hand signed serigraph silkscreen, pencil numbered in Roman numerals. biographical info: The son of a rabbi, Agam can trace his ancestry back six generations to the f...
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20th Century Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Judith L. Posner and Association , Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Judith L. Posner and Association Poster Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928) Date: 1980 Screenprint Poster, unique signature in colored pencil Size: 38 x 23.75 in. (96.52 x 60.33 cm)
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1980s Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Union II, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Union II Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928) Date: 1976 Screenprint, signed in pen lower right Image Size: 27 x 22.75 inches Size: 33 x 28.75 in. (83.82 x 73.03 cm)
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1970s Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Judith L. Posner and Association , Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Judith L. Posner and Association Poster Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928) Date: 1980 Screenprint Poster, unique signature in colored pencil Size: 38 x 23.75 in. (96.52 x 60.33 cm)
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1980s Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Judith L. Posner and Association , Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Judith L. Posner and Association Poster Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928) Date: 1980 Screenprint Poster, unique signature in colored pencil Size: 38 x 23.75 in. (96.52 x 60.33 cm)
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1980s Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Judith L. Posner and Association , Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Judith L. Posner and Association Poster Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928) Date: 1980 Screenprint Poster, unique signature in colored pencil Size: 38 x 23.75 in. (96.52 x 60.33 cm)
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1980s Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Image au Carre, Geometric Kinetic Painting by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Image au Carre" or "Square Image" is an original painting on linen mounted to wood by Israeli Kinetic artist, Yaacov Agam. The painting is signed, titled and dated verso and signed/...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Yaacov Agam Art

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Wood, Acrylic

Signed Yaacov Agam Silkscreen Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in New York, NY
Yaacov Agam (b. 1928) Untitled, c. 1980 Silkscreen print Sight: 33 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (image) Framed: 52 x 29 1/8 x 1 in. Signed lower right Inscribed verso Yaacov Agam was born Yaac...
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1980s Modern Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

"Hommage du Mondrian (Silver)" Limited Edition Serigraph
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Chatsworth, CA
"Hommage du Mondrian (Silver)" is a limited edition serigraph on paper by Yaacov Agam, hand signed by the artist. Includes Letter of Authenticity. Measures approx. 26.5" x 28" (image).
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Interspaceograph II / Light Blue
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Very nice and colorful serigraph print on Plexiglas by the Israeli artist Yaacov Agam. Edition of 144, signed and numbered. works is framed with whi...
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1990s Yaacov Agam Art

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Mixed Media

2 + 3 = 4 - Polymorph Limited edition 43/54
By Yaacov Agam
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Discover the mesmerizing world of Yaacov Agam with "2 + 3 = 4 " Polimorph, a masterpiece that epitomizes the fusion of art and mathematics. This piece, from the Israeli pioneer...
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1980s Kinetic Yaacov Agam Art

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Polymer

Levels chanukiah Kinetic Menorah , c. 1966 silver plated brass by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Brass silver colored Kinetic Chanukiah (Menorah) by the well known Israeli artist Yaacov Agam. the chanukiah comes with the candle holder. signed and numbered by the artist.
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1960s Yaacov Agam Art

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Brass

Untitled, from Vertical Orchestration
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Untitled Portfolio: Vertical Orchestration Medium: Silkscreen Year: 1980s Edition: 27/54 Sheet Size: 29 5/8" x 8 3/4"...
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1980s Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Thanksgiving
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Thanksgiving Medium: Screenprint in colors on Arches Year: 1980 Edition: XXXIV/LXIII (34/63) Sheet Size: 30" x 42" Image Size: 27 1/8" x 33 1/2" Signed: Ha...
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1980s Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you request. sheet: 13.5 X 13.5 inches Some of these works have beautiful Hebrew calligraphy and mod imagery, animals, children and such that are not usually found in his work. This is a masterpiece of bold, graphic, mod design. Along with Reuven Rubin and Menashe Kadishman he is among Israel's best known artists internationally. Biographical info: The son of a rabbi, Yaacov Agam can trace his ancestry back six generations to the founder of the Chabad movement in Judaism. in 1946, he entered the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Studying with Mordecai Ardon, a former student at the Weimar Bauhaus. Yaakov Agam has been associated h with “abstract” artists, “hard edge” artists, and artists such as Josef Albers and Max Bill. Others find in Agam’s work an indebtedness to the masters of the Bauhaus. Agam’s approach to art, being conceptual in nature, has been likened to Marcel Duchamp’s, who expressed the need to put art “at the service of the spirit.” And, because of Agam’s employment of color and motion in his art, he has been compared to Alexander Calder, the artist who put sculpture into motion. (Motion is not an end, but a means for Agam. Calder’s mobiles are structures that are fixed, revolving at the whim of the wind. In a work by Agam, the viewer must intervene.) Agam has also been classified as an “op art” artist because he excels in playing with our visual sensitivities. Agam went to Zurich to study with Johannes Itten at the Kunstgewerbeschule. There, he met Frank Lloyd Wright and Siegfried Giedion, whose ideas on the element of time in art and architecture impressed him. In 1955, Galerie Denise René hosted a major group exhibition in connection with Vasarely's painting experiments with movement. in addition to art by Vasarely, it included works by Yaacov Agam, Pol Bury, Soto and Jean Tinguely, among others. Most Americans were first introduced to Vasarely by the groundbreaking exhibition, "The Responsive Eye," at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1965. Josef Albers, Richard Anuszkiewicz. The show confirmed Vasarely's international reputation as the father of Op art. Agam has sought to express his ideas in a non-static form of art. In his abstract Kinetic works, which range from paintings and graphics to sculptural installations and building facades. Agam continually seeks to explore new possibilities in form and color and to involve the viewer in all aspects of the artistic process. Thus, for the past 40 years, Yaacov Agam’s pioneering ideas have impacted developments in art, (painting, monoprint, lithograph and agamograph) architecture, theatre, and public sculpture. Reflecting both his Israeli Jewish...
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1980s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph, Screen

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you request. sheet: 13.5 X 13.5 inches Some of these works have beautiful Hebrew calligraphy and mod imagery, animals, children and such that are not usually found in his work. This is a masterpiece of bold, graphic, mod design. Along with Reuven Rubin and Menashe Kadishman he is among Israel's best known artists internationally. Biographical info: The son of a rabbi, Yaacov Agam can trace his ancestry back six generations to the founder of the Chabad movement in Judaism. in 1946, he entered the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Studying with Mordecai Ardon, a former student at the Weimar Bauhaus. Yaakov Agam has been associated h with “abstract” artists, “hard edge” artists, and artists such as Josef Albers and Max Bill. Others find in Agam’s work an indebtedness to the masters of the Bauhaus. Agam’s approach to art, being conceptual in nature, has been likened to Marcel Duchamp’s, who expressed the need to put art “at the service of the spirit.” And, because of Agam’s employment of color and motion in his art, he has been compared to Alexander Calder, the artist who put sculpture into motion. (Motion is not an end, but a means for Agam. Calder’s mobiles are structures that are fixed, revolving at the whim of the wind. In a work by Agam, the viewer must intervene.) Agam has also been classified as an “op art” artist because he excels in playing with our visual sensitivities. Agam went to Zurich to study with Johannes Itten at the Kunstgewerbeschule. There, he met Frank Lloyd Wright and Siegfried Giedion, whose ideas on the element of time in art and architecture impressed him. In 1955, Galerie Denise René hosted a major group exhibition in connection with Vasarely's painting experiments with movement. in addition to art by Vasarely, it included works by Yaacov Agam, Pol Bury, Soto and Jean Tinguely, among others. Most Americans were first introduced to Vasarely by the groundbreaking exhibition, "The Responsive Eye," at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1965. Josef Albers, Richard Anuszkiewicz. The show confirmed Vasarely's international reputation as the father of Op art. Agam has sought to express his ideas in a non-static form of art. In his abstract Kinetic works, which range from paintings and graphics to sculptural installations and building facades. Agam continually seeks to explore new possibilities in form and color and to involve the viewer in all aspects of the artistic process. Thus, for the past 40 years, Yaacov Agam’s pioneering ideas have impacted developments in art, (painting, monoprint, lithograph and agamograph) architecture, theatre, and public sculpture. Reflecting both his Israeli Jewish...
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1980s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph, Screen

Life (limited edition, hand signed and numbered Op Art First Day Cover (framed)
By Yaacov Agam
Located in New York, NY
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...
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1980s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Magic Rainbow II, Limited Edition Signed Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in San Rafael, CA
Yaacov Agam (b. 1928) Magic Rainbow II, late 20th century Screenprint in colors on wove paper LXIII/XC (edition 63/90) Signed and numbered in pencil along lower edge 13 x 15...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you request. sheet: 13.5 X 13.5 inches Some of these works have beautiful Hebrew calligraphy and mod imagery, animals and such that are not usually found in his work. This is a masterpiece of bold, graphic, mod design. Along with Reuven Rubin and Menashe Kadishman he is among Israel's best known artists internationally. Biographical info: The son of a rabbi, Yaacov Agam can trace his ancestry back six generations to the founder of the Chabad movement in Judaism. in 1946, he entered the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Studying with Mordecai Ardon, a former student at the Weimar Bauhaus. Yaakov Agam has been associated h with “abstract” artists, “hard edge” artists, and artists such as Josef Albers and Max Bill. Others find in Agam’s work an indebtedness to the masters of the Bauhaus. Agam’s approach to art, being conceptual in nature, has been likened to Marcel Duchamp’s, who expressed the need to put art “at the service of the spirit.” And, because of Agam’s employment of color and motion in his art, he has been compared to Alexander Calder, the artist who put sculpture into motion. (Motion is not an end, but a means for Agam. Calder’s mobiles are structures that are fixed, revolving at the whim of the wind. In a work by Agam, the viewer must intervene.) Agam has also been classified as an “op art” artist because he excels in playing with our visual sensitivities. Agam went to Zurich to study with Johannes Itten at the Kunstgewerbeschule. There, he met Frank Lloyd Wright and Siegfried Giedion, whose ideas on the element of time in art and architecture impressed him. In 1955, Galerie Denise René hosted a major group exhibition in connection with Vasarely's painting experiments with movement. in addition to art by Vasarely, it included works by Yaacov Agam, Pol Bury, Soto and Jean Tinguely, among others. Most Americans were first introduced to Vasarely by the groundbreaking exhibition, "The Responsive Eye," at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1965. Josef Albers, Richard Anuszkiewicz. The show confirmed Vasarely's international reputation as the father of Op art. Agam has sought to express his ideas in a non-static form of art. In his abstract Kinetic works, which range from paintings and graphics to sculptural installations and building facades. Agam continually seeks to explore new possibilities in form and color and to involve the viewer in all aspects of the artistic process. Thus, for the past 40 years, Yaacov Agam’s pioneering ideas have impacted developments in art, (painting, monoprint, lithograph and agamograph) architecture, theatre, and public sculpture. Reflecting both his Israeli Jewish...
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1980s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph, Screen

Agam Silkscreen Jerusalem Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam, Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you ...
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1980s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph, Screen

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you r...
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1980s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph, Screen

Chateau Mouton Rothschild label (hand signed)
By Yaacov Agam
Located in New York, NY
Yaacov Agam Chateau Mouton Rothschild label (hand signed), 1984 Offset lithograph (hand signed by Yaacov Agam) Hand signed twice in black and ...
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1980s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Agam Silkscreen Jerusalem Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam, Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you ...
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1980s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph, Screen

Message of Peace, from official arts portfolio of the XXIVth Olympiad, Seoul
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Miami, FL
Yaacov Agam is an Israeli artist best known for his pioneering of Kinetic Art. Employing light and sound to provide a unique sensorial experience for the viewer, Agam melded formalis...
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1980s Kinetic Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Yaacov Agam art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Yaacov Agam 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 purple, blue, orange and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Yaacov Agam in screen print, lithograph, paper 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 Yaacov Agam art, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Roy Ahlgren, Julian Stanczak, and Richard Anuszkiewicz. Yaacov Agam art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $150 and tops out at $175,000, while the average work can sell for $2,600.

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  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 14, 2024
    The style of art that Yaacov Agam created has varied over the course of his career. He 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. Some of his famous works include Double Metamorphosis, Star of David, Night Constellation and Grand Oeil Cosmique. Explore an assortment of Yaacov Agam art on 1stDibs.

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