Abraham Palatnik, lucite large Heron, Brazil, c.1970.

A large lucite cat with black decoration. The largest size of cat made by Palatnik. Signed in the piece, excellent condition, c.1970, made in Brazil.

A tall black and white cylindrical vase form and painted as a male figure. Fully signed.

Pair of big herons designed and made by Abraham Palatnik. The indicated diameter below applies to the base of the statuette. The Brazilian artist Abr...

Abraham Palatnik (1928-2020) Sculpture "Canard", c. 1960 Polyester resin and pigment in black and white. Kinetic art - Beautiful and rare polyester resin sculpture from the HOME AND FARM collection representing an goose. 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...