Auction 83 · Lot 197
Created by Yaacov Agam. The Scroll of Esther.
- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000
- Hammer price
- $6,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(MEGILATH ESTHER).
printer
circa
Publication
Israel, 1980
summary
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.