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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
Jerusalem Double Rainbow (framed, hand signed agamograph - 3D lenticular)
Jerusalem Double Rainbow (framed, hand signed agamograph - 3D lenticular)

Jerusalem Double Rainbow (framed, hand signed agamograph - 3D lenticular)

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Aventura, FL

Agamograph (3D lenticular). Hand signed lower right by Yaacov Agam. Hand numbered 4/25 HC lower left Custom framed as pictured. Plexiglass sandwich style with black frame. Frame...

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Early 2000s Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

Materials

Paper, Lenticular

V (from Double Metamorphosis Series) Large Abstract Screen Print
V (from Double Metamorphosis Series) Large Abstract Screen Print

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

Yaacov Agam Oval Agamograph Lenticular Print Artist Proof Signed & Numbered
Yaacov Agam Oval Agamograph Lenticular Print Artist Proof Signed & Numbered

Yaacov Agam Oval Agamograph Lenticular Print Artist Proof Signed & Numbered

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Plainview, NY

A visually dynamic Op Art composition by renowned artist Yaacov Agam ( Israel -b. 1928) , a pioneer of kinetic and optical art. The work features bold geometric forms and rhythmic ve...

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21st Century and Contemporary Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Paper

“ vintage agamograph”
“ vintage agamograph”

“ vintage agamograph”

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Warren, NJ

Yaacov Agam Agamograph Op Art Signed And Numbered. In good condition well made. Measures 27x26

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20th Century Yaacov Agam Art

Materials

Lenticular

Yaacov Agam, Polymorphic Composition, from XXe siecle, 1980
Yaacov Agam, Polymorphic Composition, from XXe siecle, 1980

Yaacov Agam, Polymorphic Composition, from XXe siecle, 1980

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Yaacov Agam (born 1928), titled Composition polymorphe (Polymorphic Composition), from the album Homage to Agam, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Exhibition ...

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1980s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print

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

Time from the Mobility Within Series, Agamograph by Yaacov Agam
Time from the Mobility Within Series, Agamograph by Yaacov Agam

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

Agam Silkscreen Jerusalem Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
Agam Silkscreen Jerusalem Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print

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
Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print

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

Tel Aviv Yafo 80, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
Tel Aviv Yafo 80, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam

Tel Aviv Yafo 80, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Long Island City, NY

Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928 - ) - Tel Aviv Yafo 80, Year: 1989, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 105/495, Image Size: 29.5 x 24.75 inches, Size: 34.5 ...

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1980s Abstract Geometric Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Yaacov Agam, Pace of Time, original work, Watercolor on paper, 1972, mini model
Yaacov Agam, Pace of Time, original work, Watercolor on paper, 1972, mini model

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

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Union II, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam

Union II, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Long Island City, NY

Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928 - ) - Union II, Year: 1976, Medium: 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), Fra...

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1970s Abstract Geometric Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Transformable Dialogue #1
Transformable Dialogue #1

Transformable Dialogue #1

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Hollywood, FL

Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Transformable Dialogue #1 Medium: Lithograph with magnetic paint palette Signed: Hand Signed by Yaacov Agam Edition Number: 6/90 Measurements: Lithogra...

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1970s Abstract Geometric Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph

Urban Camo, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
Urban Camo, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam

Urban Camo, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Long Island City, NY

Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928 - ) - Urban Camo, Year: circa 1972, Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 130/150, Image Size: 19 x 23 inches, Size: ...

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1970s Abstract Geometric Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Life (limited edition, hand signed and numbered Op Art First Day Cover (framed)
Life (limited edition, hand signed and numbered Op Art First Day Cover (framed)

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

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print

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

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Start of love
Start of love

Start of love

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Barcelona, CT

the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Yaacov Agam Art

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C Print

Yaacov Agam, Small EA nd, Original kinetic work, Acrylic on aluminium
Yaacov Agam, Small EA nd, Original kinetic work, Acrylic on aluminium

Yaacov Agam, Small EA nd, Original kinetic work, Acrylic on aluminium

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Tel Aviv, IL

Yaacov Agam, Original work, Acrylic on aluminium, 1989, Kinetic art, kinetic work, hand-painted, Israeli afrtist, Israeli art Dimensions (no frame): Height: 22 cm (8.66 in), Width: 2...

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Late 20th Century Kinetic Yaacov Agam Art

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Acrylic

V from Double Metamorphosis Series, Op Art Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
V from Double Metamorphosis Series, Op Art Screenprint by Yaacov Agam

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

Vintage Agam American Portrait Abstract Modernist Offset Print Poster
Vintage Agam American Portrait Abstract Modernist Offset Print Poster

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

Yaacov Agam Abstract Screenprint, Signed, 1980, Circles in Yellow
Yaacov Agam Abstract Screenprint, Signed, 1980, Circles in Yellow

Yaacov Agam Abstract Screenprint, Signed, 1980, Circles in Yellow

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Circles in Yellow Medium: Screenprint in colors Year: 1980 Edition: 154/200 Sheet Size: 30" x 28 1/2" Image Size: 35 1/4" x 33 3/4" Signed: Hand signed an...

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1980s Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Nine Squares, Abstract Geometric Op Art Agamograph by Yaacov Agam
Nine Squares, Abstract Geometric Op Art Agamograph by Yaacov Agam

Nine Squares, Abstract Geometric Op Art Agamograph by Yaacov Agam

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928 - ) Title: Untitled - Nine Squares Medium: Agamograph, signed and numbered in ink Year: circa 2000 Edition: 99 Size: 12 x 12 in. (30.48 x 30.48 c...

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Early 2000s Op Art Yaacov Agam Art

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Lenticular

Yaacov Agam Silkscreen, 1980, Untitled, Vertical Orchestration
Yaacov Agam Silkscreen, 1980, Untitled, Vertical Orchestration

Yaacov Agam Silkscreen, 1980, Untitled, Vertical Orchestration

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Untitled Portfolio: Vertical Orchestration Medium: Silkscreen Year: 1980 Edition: H.C. 7/18 Sheet Size: 29 5/8" x 8 3/4" Image Size: 24" x 6" Signed: Hand ...

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1980s Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Union II, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
Union II, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam

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

Wash Art 1978, Yaacov Agam
Wash Art 1978, Yaacov Agam

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

Beyond the Visible (multi dimensional tower sculpture)
Beyond the Visible (multi dimensional tower sculpture)

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

Cercle Haut, Large Standing sculpture by Yaacov Agam
Cercle Haut, Large Standing sculpture by Yaacov Agam

Cercle Haut, Large Standing sculpture by Yaacov Agam

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928 - ) Title: Cercle Haut Year: 1968/69 Medium: Unique Chrome and Steel Kinetic Sculpture Size: 85 x 35 x 2 in. (215.9 x 88.9 x 5.08 cm) Base: 9 ...

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1960s Kinetic Yaacov Agam Art

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Stainless Steel

Beyond the Visible, Original Marker Drawing by Agam
Beyond the Visible, Original Marker Drawing by Agam

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

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print

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

The Agam Passover Haggadah - Gold Edition
The Agam Passover Haggadah - Gold Edition

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

TIME CHANGE SUITE

Yaacov AgamTIME CHANGE SUITE, 1980

$3,465Sale Price|30% Off

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

River Pebbel
River Pebbel

River Pebbel

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Title: River Pebbel, ca. 1970 Technique: Original Signed Stone, Photograph, Velvet and Plexiglass Object size: 17 x 12.5 x 13.5 cm / 6.7 x 4.9 x 5.3 in Additional Information: A u...

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1970s Yaacov Agam Art

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Plexiglass, Photogram

Image au Carre, Geometric Kinetic Painting by Yaacov Agam
Image au Carre, Geometric Kinetic Painting by Yaacov Agam

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

Spectrum
Spectrum

Yaacov AgamSpectrum

Price Upon Request

Spectrum

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Missouri, MO

Spectrum By. Yaacov Agam (Israeli, b. 1928) Signed Lower Right Edition 158/180 Lower Left Unframed: 27" x 33.5" Framed: 36.5" x 43" Yaacov Agam is one of the pioneer creators of the kinetic movement in art as well as its most outstanding contemporary representative. Agam was born in 1928 a son of a Rabbi of Rishon LeZion (Israel), who devoted his life to the study of Jewish religious matters and wrote books. Agam considers himself somehow as a visual continuation of his father's quest for spirituality. He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem, and in Switzerland at the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule and the Zurich University. After arriving to Paris in 1951, Agam held his first one man exhibition with a great success in 1953 This exhibition consisted totally of kinetic, movable and transformable paintings, which actually was the first one-man show in art history exclusively devoted to kinetic art. A passionate experimenter, Agam deals with such problems as the 4th dimension, simultaneity and time in the visual, plastic arts, and has extended his experiments to application in the fields of literature, music and art theory. His works express a concept that breaks away with the established way of expressing reality in limited, static way. In his works, he strives to demonstrate the principle of reality as a continuous "becoming" rather than static "graven image." His paintings Double Metamorphosis 11 in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Transparent Rhythms 11 in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. give the best example of his polymorphic painting. His works are placed in many public places including Communication x 9 on the Michigan Avenue in Chicago (1983), Communication: Night and Day at the AT&T building in New York (1974), Super Lines Volumes at the Pare Floral in Paris (1971), and his murals Peace and Life arc installed at the Parliament of Europe in Strasbourg (1977). Agam has expressed the new concepts in monumental works as in his Jacob's Ladder, which forms the ceiling of the National Convention House in Jerusalem. He created a "floating museum", including all the artworks for public areas and cabins, for the Carnival Cruise Line's luxury cruise ship "Celebration" (1987). His fire-water fountain in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv (1986) streams water, fire, and music -elements of flux and life which cannot be static - as its colored elements rotate in this multidimensional monumental work. For the Elysee Palace in Paris, with the request of President Georges Pompidou Agam created in 1972 a whole environmental of the Salon with the walls covered with polymorphic murals of changing images a kinetic ceiling, moving transparent colored doors and a kinetic carpet on which he placed a sculpture. It embraces viewers: they are no longer looking at a framed, fixed scene, but rather arc moving within an artistic space which changes constantly according to their shifting position and point of view. Similar attempt was made for the concert hall, Forum Leverkusen in Germany in 1970. Agam created many environmental sculptures, including Hundred Gates in the garden of the residence of the President of Israel in Jerusalem, 3 x 3 Interplay installed at the Julliard School of Music at the Lincoln Center and Wings of the Heart at J. F. Kennedy airport in New York. In 1984, he made a sculpture Beating Heart for the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. In 1988, he created a transparent torah ark...

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20th Century Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph

Emerging
Emerging

Yaacov AgamEmerging, 1985

Price Upon Request

Emerging

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Missouri, MO

Emerging, 1985 By. Yaacov Agam ( Israeli, b. 1928) Color Serigraph Signed Lower Right Edition 1/12 Lower Left Unframed: 25" x 31" Framed: 34" x 43" Yaacov Agam is one of the pioneer creators of the kinetic movement in art as well as its most outstanding contemporary representative. Agam was born in 1928 a son of a Rabbi of Rishon LeZion (Israel), who devoted his life to the study of Jewish religious matters and wrote books. Agam considers himself somehow as a visual continuation of his father's quest for spirituality. He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem, and in Switzerland at the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule and the Zurich University. After arriving to Paris in 1951, Agam held his first one man exhibition with a great success in 1953 This exhibition consisted totally of kinetic, movable and transformable paintings, which actually was the first one-man show in art history exclusively devoted to kinetic art. A passionate experimenter, Agam deals with such problems as the 4th dimension, simultaneity and time in the visual, plastic arts, and has extended his experiments to application in the fields of literature, music and art theory. His works express a concept that breaks away with the established way of expressing reality in limited, static way. In his works, he strives to demonstrate the principle of reality as a continuous "becoming" rather than static "graven image." His paintings Double Metamorphosis 11 in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Transparent Rhythms 11 in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. give the best example of his polymorphic painting. His works are placed in many public places including Communication x 9 on the Michigan Avenue in Chicago (1983), Communication: Night and Day at the AT&T building in New York (1974), Super Lines Volumes at the Pare Floral in Paris (1971), and his murals Peace and Life arc installed at the Parliament of Europe in Strasbourg (1977). Agam has expressed the new concepts in monumental works as in his Jacob's Ladder, which forms the ceiling of the National Convention House in Jerusalem. He created a "floating museum", including all the artworks for public areas and cabins, for the Carnival Cruise Line's luxury cruise ship "Celebration" (1987). His fire-water fountain in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv (1986) streams water, fire, and music -elements of flux and life which cannot be static - as its colored elements rotate in this multidimensional monumental work. For the Elysee Palace in Paris, with the request of President Georges Pompidou Agam created in 1972 a whole environmental of the Salon with the walls covered with polymorphic murals of changing images a kinetic ceiling, moving transparent colored doors and a kinetic carpet on which he placed a sculpture. It embraces viewers: they are no longer looking at a framed, fixed scene, but rather arc moving within an artistic space which changes constantly according to their shifting position and point of view. Similar attempt was made for the concert hall, Forum Leverkusen in Germany in 1970. Agam created many environmental sculptures, including Hundred Gates in the garden of the residence of the President of Israel in Jerusalem, 3 x 3 Interplay installed at the Julliard School of Music at the Lincoln Center and Wings of the Heart at J. F. Kennedy airport in New York. In 1984, he made a sculpture Beating Heart for the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. In 1988, he created a transparent torah ark...

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20th Century Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph

Curtain
Curtain

Yaacov AgamCurtain

Price Upon Request

Curtain

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Missouri, MO

Curtain By. Yaacov Agam (Israeli, b. 1928) Signed Lower Right Edition 221/227 Unframed: 18" x 22.5" Framed: 30.5" x 34.5" Yaacov Agam is one of the pioneer creators of the kinetic movement in art as well as its most outstanding contemporary representative. Agam was born in 1928 a son of a Rabbi of Rishon LeZion (Israel), who devoted his life to the study of Jewish religious matters and wrote books. Agam considers himself somehow as a visual continuation of his father's quest for spirituality. He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem, and in Switzerland at the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule and the Zurich University. After arriving to Paris in 1951, Agam held his first one man exhibition with a great success in 1953 This exhibition consisted totally of kinetic, movable and transformable paintings, which actually was the first one-man show in art history exclusively devoted to kinetic art. A passionate experimenter, Agam deals with such problems as the 4th dimension, simultaneity and time in the visual, plastic arts, and has extended his experiments to application in the fields of literature, music and art theory. His works express a concept that breaks away with the established way of expressing reality in limited, static way. In his works, he strives to demonstrate the principle of reality as a continuous "becoming" rather than static "graven image." His paintings Double Metamorphosis 11 in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Transparent Rhythms 11 in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. give the best example of his polymorphic painting. His works are placed in many public places including Communication x 9 on the Michigan Avenue in Chicago (1983), Communication: Night and Day at the AT&T building in New York (1974), Super Lines Volumes at the Pare Floral in Paris (1971), and his murals Peace and Life arc installed at the Parliament of Europe in Strasbourg (1977). Agam has expressed the new concepts in monumental works as in his Jacob's Ladder, which forms the ceiling of the National Convention House in Jerusalem. He created a "floating museum", including all the artworks for public areas and cabins, for the Carnival Cruise Line's luxury cruise ship "Celebration" (1987). His fire-water fountain in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv (1986) streams water, fire, and music -elements of flux and life which cannot be static - as its colored elements rotate in this multidimensional monumental work. For the Elysee Palace in Paris, with the request of President Georges Pompidou Agam created in 1972 a whole environmental of the Salon with the walls covered with polymorphic murals of changing images a kinetic ceiling, moving transparent colored doors and a kinetic carpet on which he placed a sculpture. It embraces viewers: they are no longer looking at a framed, fixed scene, but rather arc moving within an artistic space which changes constantly according to their shifting position and point of view. Similar attempt was made for the concert hall, Forum Leverkusen in Germany in 1970. Agam created many environmental sculptures, including Hundred Gates in the garden of the residence of the President of Israel in Jerusalem, 3 x 3 Interplay installed at the Julliard School of Music at the Lincoln Center and Wings of the Heart at J. F. Kennedy airport in New York. In 1984, he made a sculpture Beating Heart for the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. In 1988, he created a transparent torah ark...

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20th Century Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph

Blue Rings (Abstract Composition)
Blue Rings (Abstract Composition)

Blue Rings (Abstract Composition)

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Missouri, MO

Blue Rings (Abstract Composition), Serigraph By Yaacov Agam (Israeli, b. 1928) Signed Lower Right Edition 8/270 Lower Left Unframed: 21" x 21.5" Framed: 31" ...

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20th Century Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph

Abstract Purple, Blue, Greens
Abstract Purple, Blue, Greens

Abstract Purple, Blue, Greens

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Missouri, MO

Abstract Purple, Blue, Greens (Serigraph) By Yaacov Agam (Israeli, b. 1928) Signed Lower Right Edition 4/30 Lower Left Unframed: 14" x 33" Framed: 21" x 41" Yaacov Agam is one of the pioneer creators of the kinetic movement in art as well as its most outstanding contemporary representative. Agam was born in 1928 a son of a Rabbi of Rishon LeZion (Israel), who devoted his life to the study of Jewish religious matters and wrote books. Agam considers himself somehow as a visual continuation of his father's quest for spirituality. He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem, and in Switzerland at the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule and the Zurich University. After arriving to Paris in 1951, Agam held his first one man exhibition with a great success in 1953 This exhibition consisted totally of kinetic, movable and transformable paintings, which actually was the first one-man show in art history exclusively devoted to kinetic art. A passionate experimenter, Agam deals with such problems as the 4th dimension, simultaneity and time in the visual, plastic arts, and has extended his experiments to application in the fields of literature, music and art theory. His works express a concept that breaks away with the established way of expressing reality in limited, static way. In his works, he strives to demonstrate the principle of reality as a continuous "becoming" rather than static "graven image." His paintings Double Metamorphosis 11 in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Transparent Rhythms 11 in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. give the best example of his polymorphic painting. His works are placed in many public places including Communication x 9 on the Michigan Avenue in Chicago (1983), Communication: Night and Day at the AT&T building in New York (1974), Super Lines Volumes at the Pare Floral in Paris (1971), and his murals Peace and Life arc installed at the Parliament of Europe in Strasbourg (1977). Agam has expressed the new concepts in monumental works as in his Jacob's Ladder, which forms the ceiling of the National Convention House in Jerusalem. He created a "floating museum", including all the artworks for public areas and cabins, for the Carnival Cruise Line's luxury cruise ship "Celebration" (1987). His fire-water fountain in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv (1986) streams water, fire, and music -elements of flux and life which cannot be static - as its colored elements rotate in this multidimensional monumental work. For the Elysee Palace in Paris, with the request of President Georges Pompidou Agam created in 1972 a whole environmental of the Salon with the walls covered with polymorphic murals of changing images a kinetic ceiling, moving transparent colored doors and a kinetic carpet on which he placed a sculpture. It embraces viewers: they are no longer looking at a framed, fixed scene, but rather arc moving within an artistic space which changes constantly according to their shifting position and point of view. Similar attempt was made for the concert hall, Forum Leverkusen in Germany in 1970. Agam created many environmental sculptures, including Hundred Gates in the garden of the residence of the President of Israel in Jerusalem, 3 x 3 Interplay installed at the Julliard School of Music at the Lincoln Center and Wings of the Heart at J. F. Kennedy airport in New York. In 1984, he made a sculpture Beating Heart for the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. In 1988, he created a transparent torah ark...

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20th Century Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

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Lithograph

Abstract Composition
Abstract Composition

Abstract Composition

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Missouri, MO

Yaacov Agam "Abstract Composition" Agamograph Ed. 17/25 Signed and Numbered Site Size: approx 13 x 16 inches Framed: approx. 22.5 x 24.5 inches An agamograph is a series of images ...

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Late 20th Century Modern Yaacov Agam Art

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Screen

Star of Peace
Star of Peace

Star of Peace

By Yaacov Agam

Located in Missouri, MO

Yaacov Agam "Star of Peace" c. 1970s Metal Ed. 2/300 approx. 9 x 2 x 2 inches Born in Israel on May 11, 1928. His father was a rabbi, a Talmudic scholar and a Kabbalist. The famil...

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1970s Abstract Yaacov Agam Art

Materials

Metal

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Questions About Yaacov Agam Art
  • 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.