Auction 86 - Part I - Rare & Important Items

Yaacov Agam – Esther Scroll – Ink and Silkscreen on Parchment

Opening: $5,000
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Sold for: $6,875
Including buyer's premium
Large Esther scroll designed by Yaacov Agam (b. 1928).
Ink and silkscreen on parchment. The scroll is signed by Agam, and numbered 17/180.
Large scroll, written on eight sheets of parchment (42 rows per column); decorated with multicolor compositions in Yaacov Agam's distinctive geometric style.
Height of parchment: 49.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Strips of adhesive tape on back, at lines of attachment of sheets. Corners of last sheet clipped.
Certificate of authenticity enclosed.
Illustrated Manuscripts, Manuscripts on Parchment
Illustrated Manuscripts, Manuscripts on Parchment