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Agam Fountain

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Title	Agam Fountain
View	Frontal view, from behind theater seats, depicting the fountain at play, with the Grande Arche behind
Work Type	built works hydraulic structures water distribution structures fountains
Style/Period	Twentieth century
Creator Name	Agam, Yaacov, 1928-
Creator Nationality	Middle Eastern
Subject.work	abstraction or non-objective architectural exteriors contemporary (1960 to present) music Fountains parks (recreation areas) lights lighting color spectrum optical-kinetic
Country	France
City	Paris
State/Province	Île-de-France
Location.Notes	La Defense
Architectural Material	lights; sound system
Technique	construction (assembling)
Dates	1975 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	8/15/1993
Subject Information	The fountain plays with music and illuminates. 'Later works...are as much optical as kinetic in their effects. The transience of forms, and the power of light to dissolve them, could be said to have been Agam's real subject.'
Information.source	Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193