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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Stars, Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yaakov Agam (1928) Title: Stars Year: 1989 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: P.P. 3/14, 180, plus proofs Size: 26.5 x 19 inches Inscription: Signed and numbered by ...
Screen
$1,995
Yaacov Agam Abstract Screenprint, Signed, 1976, "Hommage to Mondrian (Silver)"
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Hommage to Mondrian (Silver) Medium: Screenprint in colors Year: 1976 Edition: 2/100 Sheet Size: 26 1/2" x 28" Frame size: 31 3/4" x 33 1/4" Signed: Hand ...
Screen
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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: ...
Screen
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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...
Screen
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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:...
Screen
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...
Screen
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Yaacov Agam, Color Composition, from XXe siecle, 1978
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Yaacov Agam (1928-2026), titled Composition coloree (Color Composition), from the album XXe siecle, Nouvelle serie, XL Annee, No. 51, originates from the...
Lithograph
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Yaacov Agam, Progression, from XXe siecle, 1971
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Yaacov Agam (1928-2026), titled Progression, from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXXIIIe Annee, No. 37, Decembre 1971, originates from the 1971 ed...
Screen
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Yaacov Agam, Composition on a Black Background, from XXe siecle, 1978
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Yaacov Agam (1928-2026), titled Composition sur fond noir (Composition on a Black Background), from the album XXe siecle, Nouvelle serie, XL Annee, No. 5...
Lithograph
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Yaacov Agam, Polymorphic Composition, from XXe siecle, 1980
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Yaacov Agam (1928-2026), titled Composition polymorphe (Polymorphic Composition), from the album Homage to Agam, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Exhibition ...
Lithograph
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Yaacov Agam, Composition in Motion, from XXe siecle, 1980
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Yaacov Agam (1928-2026), titled Composition en mouvement (Composition in Motion), from the album Homage to Agam, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Exhibition ...
Lithograph
Thunder Bay
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Thunder Bay" 1986 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 14/95 in penci...
Screen
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H 10 in W 7.5 in
Jim Bird, Untitled, from Ediciones Poligrafa, 1979
By Jim Bird
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Jim Bird (1937–2010), titled Untitled (Untitled), from the album Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona - Redfern Gallery, London, originates from the 1979 editi...
Lithograph
Growing Wild, Edition 45/ 200
By Victor Rosado
Located in New York, NY
Victor Rosado (Puerto Rican/ American, 1938 - ), "Growing Wild " Edition 45/ 200, Abstract Screen Print Serigraph, 17.38 x 13, Late 20th Centu...
Screen
Alex Katz 'Reflection 2'
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz (born 1927) Reflection 2 2021 Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper 47 x 39.5 inches (119 x 100.3 cm) Edition of 81/100 With flat plane...
Screen
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H 27.25 in W 33 in D 0.25 in
Mid Century Serigraph Abstracted Landscape "Early Snow" Signed
By Kenneth W. Auvil
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century abstract serigraph by Kenneth William Auvil (American, 1929-199). Continuing Auvil's exploration of the changing seasons, this serigraph presents an abstracted landscape,...
Paper, Ink, Screen
$450
H 19 in W 18 in D 0.5 in
Willow Weep for Me (Abstract Cubist Willow Tree Landscape w/ Bird)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
John Thompson (b.1949). Willo Weep for Me, ca. 1975. Edition #1 of 6. Screen print and hand painted elements on paper. Image measures 11 x 13 inches. Framed measurement: 18 x 1...
Gouache, Screen
$750
H 27.3 in W 19.4 in
Untitled Abstract I (Hard-Edge, Geometric, Wave, Earth Tones, Post-War)
By Hannes Grosse
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hannes Grosse Untitled Abstract I Color Silkscreen on "Roemerturm"-Buetten, 225gsm Year: 1978 Size: 27.3 × 19.4 inches (69.4 x 49.4 cm) Edition: 71 of 160 Signed, numbered and date...
Screen
$1,350
H 39 in W 27 in D 0.25 in
"Night Views" Silkscreen Print by The Skyscape Artist, 25/100
Located in Soquel, CA
"Night Views" Silkscreen Print by The Skyscape Artist, 25/100. By Tetsuro Sawada ( Japanese, 1933-1998) This raven black geometric abstraction focuses on hard-edged horizontal lines, color, and light, giving the impression of dusk through the "bokashi," or shading, technique, which is most difficult in the silkscreen medium, a good example of Sawada's theme of the infinite beyond, the silent emptiness of the universe. Signature in the bottom right corner reads, "T. Sawada '87," titled in the bottom center, "Night Views," and numbered, "25/100," in the bottom left corner. Presented in a new white mat. Paper size: 34"H x 22"W, Mat size: 39"H x 27"W Born in Hokkaido, Tetsuro Sawada (1933-1998, Japanese) graduated from Musashimo Art University where he majored in Western painting. In 1960, he began painting abstract oils...
Paper, Screen
City 371
By Risaburo Kimura
Located in New York, NY
Risaburo Kimura ( Japanese, 1924 - ), "City 371", Abstract Color Screen Print Serigraph, 22.50 x 19, Late 20th Century Colors: Purple, Blue, Orange
Screen
$450
H 17 in W 14 in
Untitled: Lavender, Blue & Pink Serigraph (Edition 303/350)
Located in New York, NY
Santoro, "Untitled: Lavender, Blue & Pink Serigraph (Edition 303/350)" Mid-Century Modern Serigraph/ Abstract Geometric Screenprint, Signed in Graphite lower right, marked as an Edit...
Screen
$3,000
H 30.5 in W 118 in
Sparire I Enzo Cucchi large scale abstract dream scape etching with screeprint
By Enzo Cucchi
Located in New York, NY
Sparire means "to disappear" in Italian. This large-scale, dreamlike print spans almost ten feet. Enzo Cucchi Sparire 1, 1988 Color etching, aquatint and silkscreen 30 1/2 × 118 in ...
Etching, Aquatint, Screen
Gull Point
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Gull Point" 1987 is a color serigraph by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 60/100 in pencil by the artis...
Screen
Stars, Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yaakov Agam (1928) Title: Stars Year: 1989 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: P.P. 3/14, 180, plus proofs Size: 26.5 x 19 inches Inscription: Signed and numbered by ...
Screen
Yaacov Agam, Color Composition, from XXe siecle, 1978
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Yaacov Agam (born 1928), titled Composition coloree (Color Composition), from the album XXe siecle, Nouvelle serie, XL Annee, No. 51, originates from the...
Lithograph
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H 12.4 in W 28.95 in
(tariff free*) Progression, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 28.95 inches, with bifold, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série...
Screen
Hommage to Mondrian (Dark Blue)
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Hommage to Mondrian (Dark Blue) Medium: Screenprint in colors Year: 1976 Edition: 4/100 Sheet Size: 26 1/2" x 28" Framed Size: 31 3/4" x 33 1/4" Signed: H...
Screen
The Blessing
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: The Blessing Medium: Screenprint in colors on Arches Year: 1990 Edition: 28/54 Sheet Size: 30" x 42" Image Size: 27 1/8" x 33 1/2" Signed: Hand signed and ...
Screen
The Blessing
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: The Blessing Medium: Screenprint in colors on Arches Year: 1990 Edition: 48/54 Sheet Size: 30" x 42" Image Size: 27 1/8" x 33 1/2" Signed: Hand signed and ...
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...
Screen
The Blessing
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: The Blessing Medium: Screenprint in colors on Arches Year: 1990 Edition: 48/54 Sheet Size: 30" x 42" Image Size: 27 1/8" x 33 1/2" Signed: Hand signed and ...
Screen
Yaacov Agam The Blessing
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: The Blessing Medium: Screenprint in colors on Arches Year: 1990 Edition: 44/54 Sheet Size: 30" x 42" Image Size: 27 1/8" x 33 1/2" Signed: Hand signed and ...
Screen
Yaacov Agam Thanksgiving
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Thanksgiving Medium: Screenprint in colors on Arches Year: 1980 Edition: LXII/LXIII (62/63) Sheet Size: 30" x 42" Image Size: 27...
Screen
Yaacov Agam The Blessing
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: The Blessing Medium: Screenprint in colors on Arches Year: 1990 Edition: 42/54 Sheet Size: 30" x 42" Image Size: 27 1/8" x 33 1...
Screen
Stars, Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yaakov Agam (1928) Title: Stars Year: 1989 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: P.P. 3/14, 180, plus proofs Size: 26.5 x 19 inches Condition...
Screen