'Birth of a Flag: An American Portrait' by Yaacov Agam, 1975
Published by Transworld Art Inc., 1980.
29 x 18.5 Inches
Offset lithograph on fine art paper.
Open edition (Sold Out).
Hand-signed by the artist in ink.
*Note: not mint, shows age/handling. See photos.

ARTIST BIO

Agam's work is usually abstract, 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 the La Défense District in Paris (1975) and the Fire and Water Fountain in the Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv (1986). He is also known for a type of print known as an Agamograph, which uses barrier-grid animation to present radically different images, depending on the angle from which it is viewed. The lenticular technique was executed in large scale in the 30 ft (9.1 m) square "Complex Vision" (1969) which adorns the facade of the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.

Agam had a retrospective exhibition in Paris at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in 1972, and at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1980, among others. His works are held in numerous museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art and the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

One of Agam's more notable creations is the Hanukkah Menorah at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in New York City, sponsored by the Lubavitch Youth Organization. The 32-foot-high, gold colored, 4,000 pound steel structure is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as 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.
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Fair-Good (not mint, shows age/handling. See photos.)

29.5 x 18.5 in