Created by <<Yaacov Agam>>. The Scroll of Esther.
AUCTION 83 |
Thursday, June 20th,
2019 at 1:00pm
Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps, Ceremonial Objects, Fine & Graphic Art
Lot 197
(MEGILATH ESTHER).
Created by <<Yaacov Agam>>. The Scroll of Esther.
Israel, 1980
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PRICE REALIZED $6,500
A ritually penned scroll. Black ink on vellum. Square Hebrew script. 42 lines arranged in eleven columns on seven membranes. Columns within extravagantly designed silkscreen borders by Agam. Lower corners of each membrane inscribed “159/180.” Signed by Agam in English at beginning and in Hebrew at end. Housed in later calf-lined wooden case with gilt cartouche.
Agam’s remarkable Megillah, a tour-de-force in modern illustration and design.