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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Agam Silkscreen Judaica Kiddush Cup Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Sculpture
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a revolving colorful kiddush cup with a signed and numbered Agam op art print in it. this includes the base tray. There is no cup insert so it is more of a sculptural piece ...
Metal
$5,000
“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...
Screen
Aacov Agam — American Flag
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
AACOV AGAM — AMERICAN FLAG — 1976━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Work created to commemorate the bicentennial of the United States. TECHNIQUE: Silkscreen on mirror / Agamograph...
Glass
Yaacov Agam Lithograph "Tribute to Mondrian" 1975.
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Yaacov Agam Lithograph Tribute to Mondrian Number 50/100 Circa 1975 71 x 67 cms
Paper
Tribute of the People of Israel to the People of the United States
By Yaacov Agam
Located in tel aviv, IL
Yaacov Agam Kinetic Optical Artwork (Agamograph), Signed 22/900 A vibrant kinetic work by Yaacov Agam, created in his signature Agamograph technique. The folded structure reveals sh...
Screen
$1,000
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...
Lithograph, Offset
$10,000
Birth of a Flag
By Yaacov Agam
Located in tel aviv, IL
A dynamic kinetic work by Yaacov Agam, a central figure in the development of Op Art and interactive art. This piece is executed using a lenticular slat construction combined with s...
Other Medium
Untitled #1, 1964 from New York Ten
By Mon Levinson
Located in New York, NY
This 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...
Mixed Media
Anthropométrie (ANT 83)
By Yves Klein
Located in New York, NY
Color lithograph on Rives BFK, 2001. Proof, aside from the numbered edition of 200 . With the artist's estate ink stamp, verso. Published by Editions T.A.T. Arts, Paris. The sheet ...
Lithograph
Dance '72
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprint, 1972. Signed by the artist and dated in pencil, lower right margin. Numbered 24/60 in pencil lower left,. Printed and published by Workshop, Inc., Washington, D...
Screen
Red Poppies, Sept 7, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)
By Donald Sultan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is particularly well-known for large-scale still life paintings, and one of the first to employ a wide range of ind...
Screen
$575
H 8.5 in W 12 in
Basquiat Enrico Navarra Gallery 1999/2000 (vintage Basquiat announcements)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Enrico Navarra Gallery Paris 1999-2000: A set of 2 rare vintage Basquiat announcement cards published on the occasion(s) of: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gallery Enri...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
Untitled
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph, 1948. Signed by the artist and dated in pencil, lower right. Numbered 4/12 in pencil, lower left.
Lithograph
$595
H 0.2 in Dm 8.25 in
Basquiat Estate Authorized Silkscreen on Porcelain Plate, Presentation Gift Box
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in New York, NY
Limoges x Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat Estate Authorized Porcelain Plate in Box, 2014 Porcelain Plate in Blue Presentation Box with Estate Logo This plate is in excellent condition and comes in an elegant blue gift box...
Ceramic, Porcelain, Screen
$7,500
H 5.8 in W 4.1 in
Sol Lewitt - Unique drawing Geometric Abstraction on franked card, hand signed
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Sol LeWitt Unique Geometric Abstraction on Postcard, 1982 Original drawing done on postcard from the Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam), mailed, stamped and postmarked (franked) from Spolet...
Ink, Mixed Media, Postcard, Offset
The souper dress
By Andy Warhol
Located in Jerusalem, IL
A wonderful piece of unknown edition by Andy Warhol. A silkscreen print on a Cellulose and Cotton dress. Fearing the artist's trade mark Campbell's soup can. In very good condition.
Textile, Screen
$14,000
H 22 in W 30 in
Through The Ages by Toko Shinoda, black and white signed lithograph calligraphy
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Through The Ages by Toko Shinoda, black and white signed lithograph calligraphy 11/35 obituary published by CNN March 2021 Celebra...
Lithograph
$4,500
H 22.5 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
Original Collage on Paper (Framed) Titled: Fs 2819 ct09 (18 x 22.5)
By Cecil Touchon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Final Framed dimension: 18 x 22.5 collage art only: 9 x 12 full paper size: 15 x 19 Cecil Touchon Born 1956 Austin, Texas is a contemporary American collage artist, painter, publish...
Acrylic, Laid Paper, Magazine Paper
$4,500
H 22.5 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
Original Collage on Paper (Framed) Titled: Fs 3197 ct12
By Cecil Touchon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Final Framed dimension: 18 x 22.5 collage art only: 9 x 6 full paper size: 15 x 19 Cecil Touchon Born 1956 Austin, Texas is a contemporary American collage artist, painter, publishe...
Acrylic, Laid Paper, Magazine Paper
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H 27.96 in W 27.96 in D 0.6 in
Yaakov Agam "Homage to Mondrian (Orange Border)", color serigraph mirror, 2000
By Yaacov Agam
Located in tel aviv, IL
Yaacov Agam, born in 1928 in Rishon LeZion (then Palestine, now Israel), is a world-renowned Israeli artist and a pioneer of kinetic art. His works explore movement, the interaction ...
Glass, Mirror
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H 27.96 in W 27.96 in D 0.6 in
Yaakov Agam "Homage to Mondrian" (Blue Border), color serigraph mirror, 2000
By Yaacov Agam
Located in tel aviv, IL
Yaacov Agam, born in 1928 in Rishon LeZion (then Palestine, now Israel), is a world-renowned Israeli artist and a pioneer of kinetic art. His works explore movement, the interaction ...
Glass, Mirror
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H 5 in W 9 in D 6.25 in
Agam Silkscreen Judaica Kiddush Cup Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Sculpture
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a revolving colorful kiddush cup with a signed and numbered Agam op art print in it. this includes the base tray. There is no cup insert so it is more of a sculptural piece ...
Metal
Yaacov AGAM (1928) "Composition géométrique"
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Yaacov AGAM (1928) Geometric composition Colour screen printing signed and numbered 41/200 in pencil by the artist's hand circa 1979 133 x 48 cm 490 euros
Paper
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H 22 in W 22 in D 4 in
"Morning Light" Geometric Holographic Art Edition 17 of 150
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Houston, TX
This piece is an Agamograph. This lithographic image is viewed through a lenticular lens, the piece is number 17 out of 180. The pieces is framed in a black frame with a white matte....
Mixed Media
Yaacov Agam lithograp "Magic Circle" 1976.
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Yaacov Agam Lithograph "Magic circle" Circa 1976 Signed by the artist in pencil Numbered in pencil 198/270 Perfect condition 38 x 38 cms 890 euros
Paper
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H 9 in W 4 in D 2 in
Agam Silkscreen Kaleidoscope Agamascope Sculpture Signed # in Box Israeli Op Art
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a rare boxed pair of Yacov Agam Agamascope Kaleidoscope devices with silkscreen paper applied, hand signed and numbered. biographical info: The son of a rabbi, Agam can tra...
Glass, Mirror, Plexiglass, Paper
Untitled
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Summit, NJ
Striking screenprint by Yaacov Agam. Signed in pencil lower right and editioned 104//144 lower left. Beautifully matted and framed in a contemporary wood frame trimmed in gold. The p...
Lithograph
Untitled
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Summit, NJ
Striking screenprint by Yaacov Agam. Signed in pencil lower right and editioned 104//144 lower left. Beautifully matted and framed in a contemporary wood frame trimmed in gold. The p...
Lithograph
Rare Mohair Tapestry Rug
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
A Rare Mohair tapestry. Royal Lesotho Tapestry Weavers produced tapestries for Alexander Calder, Yaacov Agam, Victor Vasarely, Christo Coetzee and Kar...