Homage to Yaacov Agam

Published by Leon Amiel Publisher, Inc., Paris, 1980

0814807518 / 9780814807514

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Cloth, 158 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 32 cm. Special issue of the XXe Siecle Review. Text in English and French. Translations by Joan Marie Weiss Davidson. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. *** An Israeli sculptor and experimental artist best known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art. Includes 2 colour lithographs. *** CONTENTS: Preface, by Frank Popper; Yaacov Agam the artist and his credo; Introduction, by Thomas M. Messer; Introduction to Agam's visual kinetism, by Giulio Carlo Argan; Densities of the immaterial: presences of the invisible: prologomena to the work of Agam, by Arturo Schwarz; On Agam, by Abraham A. Moles; Yaacov Agam and instrumental painting, by Alain Jouffroy; Agam's movement, by Serge Lemoine; The shifting sands of time, by Jean-Claude Meyer; Time and space in the work of Yaacov Agam, by Haim Gamzu; Agam: the perceptible absence of the 'image', by Frank Popper; Agam's tele-art, by Frank Popper; Agam or the other space, by Alain Bosquet; The fountains of La Defense, by Barbara Silvergold; Agam's polyphony, by Michel Ragon; Agam, by Marc Saporta; The painter and the prophet; Agam and language; The era of Agam; The eye attacks; Marks and remarks, by Jacques Lassaigne; Agam's theater, by Eugene Ionesco; Speech at a reception honoring Agam, by Alain Poher; The shared dream, by Luis Alberto Machado. Size: Folio.

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Title
Homage to Yaacov Agam
Author
Agam, Yaacov; Messer, Thomas M. (Introduction by)
Publisher
Leon Amiel Publisher, Inc., Paris
Publication year
1980
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Fine
Book Type
Collectible
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0814807518
ISBN 13
9780814807514
Edition
1st.
Seller catalogs
Middle Eastern::Israeli, Movements::Kinetic, Movements::Optical, Op Art, XXX::COLLECTIBLES, XXXL: Jumbo

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