Untitled (After: "Shadow")
Single piece Signed Framed
Size
27 x 39.25 in
Year
Medium
Prints
Reference
3e4999ce
(After*) Yaacov Agam (nee Yaacov Gibstein, b. 1928, Israeli) Untitled (circa mid ‘70s) Limited-edition color serigraph on Arches paper, hand signed by the artist in the lower right and numbered 86/150 in the lower left. The sight is 20 x 23.75 inches, and the piece has been double matted and placed in a black wood frame measuring 27.25 x 39.25 inches. Featured are bold and brilliantly colored geometric shapes in greens, oranges, reds, yellows, blacks, etc. [Note that there are some very minor flaws including a tiny indentation in the lower margin, a couple of miniscule red specks in a white geometric shape in the upper center, and a faint streak in an orange geometric shape in the center left. Overall, the work of art is in good condition. The price of this work of art reflects its condition.] * Based on our own research, we have called this an “after” piece for the following reason: In 1953, Agam created a 17.75 x 24.75-inch oil on wood polymorphic painting titled “Shadow” (that is in a private New York collection.) There is a photo (designated number 131) in the third revised edition of the book, “AGAM” by Frank Popper (1990) published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, of that original work of art. It shows the precise design and colors that were apparently used to create the serigraph in this lot. Any variations in texture and hues are likely due to the differences inherent in the different medium. (See photos.)
1928 , Israel
Op art pioneer Yaacov Agam’s abstract artworks—which range from painting, sculpture, drawing, and ceramics, to stained glass and etching—typically incorporate light, sound, or viewer participation. The son of an orthodox rabbi, Agam first trained as an artist in Jerusalem, going on to combine formalist art with kabbalistic mysticism, and he is credited with introducing geometric abstraction to Israeli art. Agam’s best known series of works, comprised of painted strips that appear to shift and oscillate as viewers alter their points of view, would become known as “Agamographs.” He has also produced public commissions, including the world’s largest menorah, installed in New York City, and Star of Peace for Ben-Gurion university that fused the five-pointed star of Islam with the six-pointed Star of David. Agam met and was influenced by the Bauhaus artist and teacher Johannes Itten in Zurich, and also cites Wassily Kandinsky’s abstraction as an influence on his practice
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