Yaacov Agam Coordination Signed Op Art Serigraph on Paper 113/153 Framed 1975

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A graphic modern op art serigraph on paper titled "Coordination" by the Father of Kinetic Art, Yaacov Agam. Hand signed … Read more A graphic modern op art serigraph on paper titled "Coordination" by the Father of Kinetic Art, Yaacov Agam. Hand signed in pencil on the bottom right with an annotation of 113/153 on the bottom left. Published in 1975. An extraordinary example of Agam's signature style. Abstracted colors in various geometric shapes are highlighted by a lux golden border. From a private collection. Original gallery tag from I. Irving Feldman Fine Arts Gallery on the verso. Dimensions: 31"h x 56.5"w x 1"d (framed). In very good vintage condition.

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 See less