Yaacov Agam
'Fascination'
Prismagraph, mixed media on plywood
1995
Signed & numbered AP
Edition of 144 plus artist proof
Condition: Mint
Certificate of authenticity: Yes, From Zimmerman Fine Art

'Fascination' is a 3-Dimensional self-framed 69-color serigraph wall sculpture with an integral white frame.
It incorporates sixteen hand-cut and polished vertical refracting prisms, creating five different views.
The overall dimensions are 35.25 inches wide by 26.75 inches high.
It weighs 24 pounds.

Zimmerman Editions, Ltd. silk screen printed and fabricated 'Fascination' for Yaacov Agam in early 1995.
They were Yaacov's printer and publisher for about two decades.
This 'Fascination' wall sculptures have never been sold or publicly displayed. It is an Artist Proofs.
and it is in their original sealed boxes and was taken out of the box to take photos and then was put back in the box. Condition is everything when it comes to these kind of pieces and it determined the price.

About the Artist: Yaacov Agam (Israeli, born 1928) is best known for his pioneering of Kinetic Art. Employing light and sound to provide a unique sensorial experience for the viewer, Agam melded formalism and mysticism. His lenticular prints, or Agamographs, made illusory images appear depending on the audience's viewpoint. 'My intention was to create a work of art which would transcend the visible, which cannot be perceived except in stages, with the understanding that it is a partial revelation and not the perpetuation of the existing,' he explained of his work. 'My aim is to show what can be seen within the limits of possibility which exists in the midst of coming into being.' Born Yaacov Gipstein on May 11, 1928 in Rish-le-Zion, Palestine (now Israel), Agam studied in Jerusalem, Zurich, and Paris. While attending Zurich's Kunstgewerbe Schule, Agam studied under the renowned color theorist Johannes Itten, before moving to Paris in 1951. Agam has gone on to become the subject of retrospectives at the Musee National d'Art Moderne in Paris in 1972, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1980. The artist currently lives and works in Paris, France. His works are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, among others.

Mint