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 Agamograph Entitled Salune
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Tustin, CA
Item Description Title: "SALUNE AGAMOGRAPH” Limited Edition Print : Agamograph Lithograph; lithographic image viewed through a lenticul...
Plastic, Paper
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
Signed Post-Modern Geometric Serigraph Entitled "New Landscape" by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in San Diego, CA
Spectacular signed limited edition post-modern geometric serigraph entitled "New Landscape" by Yaacov Agam, circa 1980. Edition HC 9/27. The piece is beautifully presented in a doubl...
Glass, Paper
1970 "Colors of Love" Abstract Signed Lithograph by Agam Yaacov, Framed. 41/144
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed Serigraph by Yaacov Agam, circa 1970 numbered and signed by the Artist. Title of the piece : Colors of Love. Edition 41/144
Paper
$3,500 / item
H 12 in W 12 in D 0.25 in
Mid-Century Modern Unframed Infinity Yaacov Agam Signed Holograph Agamograph
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a hand signed Agamograph by Israeli artist Yaacov Agam, known as the father of the Kinetic Art Movement. In excellent condition. Size is 12" x 12" unframed.
Paper
$850
H 18.13 in W 16.94 in D 1.75 in
Op-Art Artist Anne Youkeles New Perspective Signed 3-D Serigraph Collage, 1971
By Anne Youkeles
Located in St. Louis, MO
Anne Youkeles (Austrian/American b. 1920) Op-Art Artist 3-D Geometric Serigraph Collage titled "New Perspective" signed, number 43/210 and dated 1971. In fine condition, not examined...
Glass, Wood, Paper
Yaacov Agam Geometric Silkscreen Woman
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Toledo, OH
Geometric silkscreen serigraph "Woman" by Yaacov Agam, circa 1980s, edition L / LIV, very good condition, some toneing. Dimensions: image 10.25" x 11.75", frame 21" x 20".
Paper
Cy Twombly Framed Abstract Gaeta Lithographs Group of 8
By Cy Twombly
Located in Atlanta, GA
Group of Eight Abstract Photolithographs on Vellum by Cy Twombly, from the limited edition "Gaeta" portfolio produced by Hine Editions, San Francisco, CA, circa 1987. They have been ...
Glass, Wood, Paper
$1,200
H 30 in W 16.25 in D 0.75 in
Yaacov Agam - Colorful Polygraph 1970s Signed Serigraph on Paper 22/30 Framed
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A dynamic serigraph titled "Colorful Polygraph" by pioneering kinetic and optical artist Yaacov Agam. Hand signed in pencil with an annotation of 22/30 along the lower margin. Compo...
Paper
Custom Framed Lithograph by Marcel Vertes, Signed and Numbered
By Marcel Vertès
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a beautiful custom-framed lithograph by Hungarian-born French artist, Marcel Vertes, entitled "Circus Queens". The piece is signed, Vertes, in the lower right corner and numbered, "30/50" in the lower left corner. The image itself measures 23" high x 16" wide. The frame is a 2" thick 2 toned framed, black and a subtle cerused-like grey. It was originally sold through the Vincent Price...
Wood
$795Sale Price|47% Off
H 36 in W 27.75 in D 0.75 in
Framed Abstract Lithograph by a French Artist, Signed Roosleens
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning and very decorative original French abstract lithograph depicting this wonderful range of shapes, patterns, colors and shapes. This work by the French painter who signs his ...
Paper
2 Cats and a Bone, Outsider Artist Drew, 2021
Located in Hastings, GB
This piece is titled 2 Cats and a Bone, painted in 2020 during lockdown and using an abandoned car park sign as the medium. Measuring 152cm wide x 84cm Height Drew is an 'Outsid...
Metal
"Lilies" Signed and Dated Serigraph by Donald Sultan
By Donald Sultan
Located in Stamford, CT
"Lilies" signed and dated serigraph by Donald Sultan (American b. 1951). # 35/70.
Paper
$2,800
H 29.5 in W 33 in D 1 in
Yaacov Agam Sparkling Night Rainbow 1981 Signed Op Art Serigraph 170/180 Framed
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An modern serigraph on paper titled "Sparkling Night Rainbow" by Yaacov Agam. Hand signed in pencil on the lower right with an annotation of 170/180. Published in 1981. The compositi...
Paper
$350
H 28.5 in W 26.5 in D 1 in
Yaacov Agam Circle Gallery SoHo Exhibition Poster 1980 Exhibition Poster
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This vibrant exhibition poster features the dynamic geometric work of Yaacov Agam, a pioneer of kinetic and optical art. Created for Agam's solo show at Circle Gallery in SoHo, New Y...
Paper
$980Sale Price|23% Off
H 25.5 in W 38.25 in D 2 in
French Post Impressionist Landscape Painting, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Original French impressionist oil on board painting depicting the waterways of what may Port Grimaud, near St. Tropez, France. Signed, but artist name is illegible and unknown. Di...
Wood, Paint
Sold
H 23.75 in W 23.75 in D 3 in
Yaacov Agam " Ancient Battle " Agamograph Kinectic OP-Art Signed LTD. ED. #28/99
By Yaacov Agam
Located in St. Louis, MO
Israeli kinetic art master Yaacov Agam (1928-), named this beautiful piece “Ancient Battle,” as it certainly carries the pointed and multi-perspective chaos of such a conflict. Obser...
Plastic, Wood
Yaacov Agam Signed and Numbered Agamograph 3D with COA
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Kingston, NY
Yaacov Agam Signed and Numbered Agamograph 3D with COA Big-Bang: Black Hole Vision Published by Artra Diverse Dimensions. Marker Signed Lower Right and Num...
Plastic
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H 2 in W 33 in D 33 in
Yaacov Agam Yucatan Modern Signed Serigraph Framed Signed & Numberedom Mum a
By Yaacov Agam
Located in San Diego, CA
Spectacular serigraph 191/200 titled Yucatan by Yaacov Agam. Agam is known as the Father of Kinetic Art and is in permanent museum collections around the world. From the collection o...
Glass, Paper
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H 13.5 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
Contemporary Modern Framed Yaacov Agam Signed & Stamped Collectible Envelope
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a lovely, framed collectible envelope, signed, stamped and numbered by Yaacov Agam, 33/54, circa 1980. In excellent condition. The dimensions of the frame a...
Paper
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H 20 in W 22 in D 1.5 in
Contemporary Modern Yaakov Agam Framed Agam-O-Graph Three Movement Signed 72/99
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a fantastic, framed Agam-O-Graph, titled "Three Movement," signed and numbered by Yaakov Agam, 72/99, circa 1985. In very good co...
Paper
"Good Times" Agamograph by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Hanover, MA
Multi-color Op art "Agamograph" lenticular print, "Good Times" signed in margin and numbered 53/99, in a double floating chrome and plexiglass frame, circa 1980. 3D technique change...
Agam Yaacov Framed Serigraph
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Highland, IN
An original limited edition serigraph by Israeli artist Yaacov Agam, hand signed, numbered and nicely framed. Framed: 21.25" X 25.75" X 1.75" image size: 20.5" X 24.75"
Paper
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H 52 in W 59 in D 1.5 in
'Sparkling Night Rainbow' Extra Large Serigraph Signed/Numbered by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Well framed with wide matting this very large serigraph is signed and numbered in pencil by Yaacov Agam, Israeli, b. 1928, Rishon LeZion, Israel, based...
Paper
Signed Silkscreen by Yaacov Agam Boom Boom, 1966
By Yaacov Agam
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modernist silkscreen by Yaacov Agam Boom Boom (from New York International), 1966. Signed. Edition of 200. Silkscreen printed in colors. Abstract composition in sh...
Paper
Agamograph Print by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed agamograph by Yaacov Agam.
Lucite framed original print by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucite framed print by Yaacov Agam. Yaacov Agam (b. 1928) is an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist best known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art. Yaakov Agam was born Yaakov Gipstein on 11 May 1928, in Rishon LeZion, then Mandate Palestine. His father, Yehoshua Gibstein, was a rabbi and a kabbalist. Agam trained at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, before moving to Zürich, Switzerland in 1949, where he studied under Johannes Itten (1888–1967) at the Kunstgewerbe Schule, and was also influenced by the painter and sculptor Max Bill (1908–1994). In 1951 Agam went to Paris, France, where he still lives. He has a daughter and two sons, one of whom is the photographer Ron Agam...