Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Part I: Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculptures
Monday, 24 June 2024, 06:00 pm

Yaacov Agam, Continuation interrompue (14 éléments)

Lot 90

Yaacov Agam, 1928 (IL)

Continuation interrompue (14 éléments), 1954

Painted metal elements on perforated and painted wooden relief.
H 403 mm W 330 mm D 90 mm.

Verso signed, dated and inscribed: Jacob Agam, 1954, Paris. On label inscribed: Continuation interrompue (14 eléments).

CHF20'000 / 40'000
EUR20'000 / 40'000
USD21'000 / 43'000

Provenance:
Sam Dubiner, Tel-Aviv;
Germann Auktionshaus, Zurich, 19 June 1996, Lot 9;
Swiss Private Property.

Exhibition:
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Agam. Transformable Painting. Painting in Movement. Interrupted Continuation, 18. December 1958 - 31. January 1959, no. 14 (verso with label).

Literature:
Editions du Griffon (Ed.). Yaacov Agam. Neuchâtel 1962, cat. no. 13, Illustration with three different configurations, dated 1957.

Annotation:

The metal elements are movable and the work can be transformed into different compositions.