The Agam Passover Haggadah Hebrew & English Beautifully Illustrated

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The Agam Passover Haggadah Hebrew & English Beautifully Illustrated :
$50.00

Please note that the book when opened up fully was obviously longer than the scanner. That\'s the reason for the shortened text or illustration. Having now viewed the scanned photos I want to relate 1) that the 10th photo is not picking up the impressed crease on the page. It is there and is quite visible so I don\'t want you to be misled. Also, the last 2 photos suggest that the yellow color on the page is faded in places. That\'s Not the case. It\'s consistent throughout as are all the colors in the book. The distortion may be due to the page being raised up a little bit from the scanner surface at different places.
Before I became aware of the aforementioned issues I had planned to start the price at $60.00. I\'ve lowered it to $35.00. By contrast, the least expensive other hardcover I found on the internet is selling for $59.00(including shipping). Note that that copy has a page torn entirely out of the book and is also describes as tape repaired.
Gefen Books, New York, 1993. Glossy covers. Hardcover. Yaacov Agam (illustrator).Bi-lingual text in Hebrew and English.Translated by Moshe Kohn. An exquisite collection of Agam color reproductions , a beautiful work of art. 118 pages.
Yaacov Agam(Hebrew:יעקב אגם‎) (b. 1928) is anIsraelisculptorand experimental artist best known for his contributions toopticalandkinetic art.

Yaacov Agam was bornYaakov Gipsteinon 11 May 1928, inRishon LeZion, thenMandate Palestine. His father, Yehoshua Gibstein, was arabbiand akabbalist.

Agam trained at theBezalel Academy of Art and DesigninJerusalem, before moving toZürich, Switzerland in 1949, where he studied underJohannes Itten(1888–1967) at the Kunstgewerbe Schule, and was also influenced by the painter and sculptorMax 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.

Agam\'s first solo exhibition was at theGalerie Gravenin 1953,and he exhibited three works at the 1954Salon des Réalités Nouvelles.He established himself as one of the leading pioneers of kinetic art at theLe Mouvementexhibition at theGalerie Denise Renéin 1955, alongside such artists asJesús Rafael Soto,Carlos Cruz-Díez,Pol Bury,Alexander CalderandJean Tinguely.

In 1964, Agam wrote his artistic credo, unchanged since then.

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. My aim is to show what can be seen within the limits of possibility which exists in the midst of coming into being.

Agam\'s work is usuallyabstract,kinetic art, with movement, viewer participation and frequent use of light and sound. His works are placed in many public places. His best known pieces include \"Double Metamorphosis III\" (1965), \"Visual Music Orchestration\" (1989) and fountains at theLa Défensedistrict in Paris (1975) and the \"Fire and Water Fountain\" in theDizengoff SquareinTel Aviv(1986). He is also known for a type of print known as anAgamograph, which useslenticular printingto present radically different images, depending on the angle from which it is viewed. The lenticular technique was executed in large scale in the 30\' x 30\' (9.14 M x 9.14 M) \"Complex Vision\" (1969) which adorns the facade of the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital inBirmingham, Alabama.

Agam had a retrospective exhibition in Paris at theMusée National d\'Art Modernein 1972, and at theGuggenheim Museumin New York in 1980, among others. His works are held in numerous museum collections including theMuseum of Modern Artand theMildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

He is the subject of two documentary films by American filmmakerWarren Forma: \"Possibilities of Agam\" (1967) and \"Agam and...\" (1980).

In 1996, he was awarded theJan Amos ComeniusMedal byUNESCOfor the “Agam Method” for visual education of young children.

He designed and created the winner\'s trophy for the1999 Eurovision Song Contestthat was held inJerusalem.

In 2009, at age 81, Agam created a monument for theWorld Games in Kaohsiung, Taiwan titled “Peaceful Communication with the World”. It consists of nine 10m high hexagon pillars positioned in diamond or square formation. The sides of the pillars are painted in different patterns and hues, totaling more than 180 shades. One side of each pillar is also lined to segment the structure into sections, so that children\'s perception of the pillar will change as they grow, because they will see a different pillar at a different height.

One of Agam\'s more notable creations is theHanukkahMenorahat the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in New York City, sponsored by theLubavitchYouth Organization. The 32-foot-high, gold colored, 4,000 pound steel structure is recognized by theGuinness Book of World Recordsas the World\'s Largest Hanukkah Menorah. It uses real oil lamps, which are lighted every year during Hanukkah with the aid of cherry-picking machines.[

In May of 2014, Agam\'s piece \"Faith- Visual Pray\" was presented to Pope Francis by El Al Israel Airlines\' president, David Maimon. The piece included significant symbols of both Jewish and Christian faiths.

Agam is the highest-selling Israeli artist. In aSotheby\'sNew York sale in November 2009, when his “4 Themes Contrepoint” was sold for $326,500, he said: “This does not amaze me ... my prices will go up, in keeping with the history I made in the art world.” A year later, his “Growth”, an outsize kinetic painting done in oil on a wood panel, which was shown at the 1980 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, estimated at $150,000 to $250,000, sold for the record-breaking sum of $698,000.

Yaacov AgamYaacov Agam in front of a building he decorated inTel Baruch,Tel Aviv, IsraelNativenameיעקב אגםBornYaakov Gipstein
11 May 1928(age86)
Rishon LeZion,Mandate Academy of Art and DesigninJerusalem, the Kunstgewerbe SchuleOccupationSculptorand experimental artistKnownforContributions toopticalandkinetic art