Pietrina Checcacci Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

Abstract and Figurative Marble Hand-Carved Sculpture on a Granite Base Offered for sale is an abstract and figurative hand-carved marble sculpture raised on a granite base. The scu...

This striking Brutalist metal sculpture from the 1970s embodies the raw, expressive aesthetic of the movement. Crafted from polished cast metal, the piece features a cracked spherica...

Available today, this Brazilian Modern Kinetic Sculpture of a Cat in Resin by Abraham Palatinik made in the 1960s is beautiful! This beautiful sculpture is displayed in our showroom on top of a Moveis Cimo chest of drawers, a Giuseppe Scapinelli armchair and the convo looks gorgeous! This is part of the Artemis collection that features hundreds of different animals, each with sleek, flat silhouettes. Original label on bottom. So if you are looking to start a Brazilian Modern sculpture...

Modern Acrobats on Rings Figurative Metal Sculpture Mounted on Square Base Offered for sale is a modern metal sculpture of an acrobatic figure in brass dancing within multiple metal...

Mid-Century Modern abstract granite sculpture. Well executed Mid-Century Modern granite or marble abstract sculpture after Rene Brancusi. This fabulous stone sculpture has been carve...

A vintage metal kinetic sculpture in the figure of a human body. Set on a weighted chrome base with a figure constructed from heavy gauge metal wire with weighted metal balls for han...

1900s Copper Horn Holder On Copper Base All copper Little chip at top in one of arches Horn secured to base - one solid piece except for insert that pops out

Cast bronze finger by Italian-Brazilian artist Pietrina Checcacci. The small weighted object features a bronze finger in a curved position with the tip f...

Striking chrome-plated steel sculpture of the famous Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth jet fixed to a black onyx-colored granite base. The sculpture captures the stealth of the legend...

Abraham Palatnik (1928-2020) Sculpture "Elephant", c. 1960 Vintage label (made in Brazil). Polyester resin and pigment in black. Kinetic art - Beautiful and rare polyester resin sculpture from the HOME AND FARM collection representing an elephant signed in the base. This sculpture is part of the series of animal sculptures that Abraham Palatnik made from the 1960s, in small format, they are small jewels of kinetic art, a movement of which he was one of the pioneers. "Born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, in 1928 to a family of Russian Jews, Palatnik moved with his family to Tel Aviv (then Palestine) when he was four years old. He attended Montefiori Technical School, where he specialized in internal combustion engines, and studied art under the tutelage of the painter Haaron Avni and the sculptor Sternshus at the Municipal Institute of Art. When he returned to Brazil in 1948, his output consisted mainly of figurative and landscape paintings and charcoal drawings. However, his encounters with the complex works made by schizophrenic patients at the Pedro II Psychiatric Hospital, where he taught painting workshops alongside Almir Mavignier and Ivan Serpa, caused him to abandon his early approach to traditional image-making: “I decided to start all over from scratch,” Palatnik said. “The discipline from the school, the studio, was no longer of any use.” Freed from the perceived restrictions of his training, Palatnik became closely associated with Grupo Frente, a movement started by Serpa and rooted in geometric abstraction. He used his knowledge of engineering and mechanics as well as his interest in natural forces to build his first Kinechromatic work. Titled Azul e roxo em seu primeiro movimento (Blue and Purple in First Movement), 1949, the piece debuted at the inaugural São Paulo Bienal in 1951. “In reality, it was luck that got me into the biennial,” Palatnik said in a 1986 interview. “At first, my machine was rejected, because it wasn’t a painting, a sculpture, a drawing, or a print.” The piece, which eventually gained entry, shocked the biennial’s grand prize jury, who gave Palatnik an honorable mention, calling his work an “important manifestation of modern art.” By 1969, he had participated in seven more editions of the international exhibition. Palatnik would also present work in the 1964 Venice Biennale, the 1966 Biennial of Córdoba, and the 1997 and 2005 editions of the Mercosul Biennial. His art was featured in significant exhibitions on kinetic art, including “Mouvement 2” (1964) at Denise René gallery in Paris; “Lumière, Mouvement et Optique” (1965) at the Brussels Palace of Fine Arts; “Kinetic Art” (1966) at the Museum of San Francisco; and, more recently, “Delirious: Art at the Limits of Reason, 1950–1980” (2017) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and “The Other Trans-Atlantic: Kinetic & Op Art in Central & Eastern Europe and Latin America 1950s–1970s” (2018) at Sesc Pinheiros in São Paulo. A major retrospective, “Abraham Palatnik—The Reinvention of Painting,” was staged at several venues across Brazil, including the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Rio de Janeiro (2017); the Fundação Iberê...

This unique piece is constructed by connecting hundreds of 1" chrome disks. Conceptualized with an ultra modern approach to manifest the beauty of the female body. 3.25" high solid g...

Modern Abstract Granite Bird Sculpture, apparently unsigned. 8.5" H x 11.5" W x 8" D.