Kinetic Decorative Objects

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

François Colette (1936-, France) : kinetic and mecanical chromed metal stabile SIgned F.C Dated (19)73 Works on 220 V DImensions max Height = 50 cm Width = 70 cm Depth = 15 cm ...

Sculpture made of black painted wood and metal pedestal. Good overall condition, howeverap resents swgni of wear and tear due to time.

Abraham Palatnik (1928-2020) Sculpture "Cat", circa 1970 Kinetic art - Beautiful and rare polyester sculpture model Chat Assis molded in acrylic resin with decoration on screen-printed paper and pigment in black and white. Signed PAL Label: Made In Brazil on the reverse Collection: Artemis, circa 1970. H: 20 cm - L: 17 cm - D: 2 cm La sculpture cinétique "chat" de l'artiste brésilien Abraham Palatnik est une œuvre d'art contemporaine qui combine la sculpture et la technologie pour créer une forme d'art interactive et en mouvement. La sculpture est faite de résine translucide, ce qui lui donne une apparence délicate et lumineuse. La sculpture représente un chat assis, qui semble être en train de se...

24 karat gold plated menorah sculpture by Yaacov Agam Israel, c.1988 Menorah: Height 22cm, width 17cm Case: Height 37cm, width 32cm, depth 8cm This limited edition menorah sculpture was designed by the Israeli sculptor, Yaacov Agam in the late 1980s. Agam is famous for his pioneering work in the field of kinetic art. The intriguing sculpture, reimagining the shape and form of a menorah, is an extraordinary example of Agam's kinetic art work and includes 70 precisely-shaped movable branches. They can be reformed and moved to create a variety of different designs and meanings. With every new configuration, an individual and original sculpture is created. The piece comes as originally presented with box and papers: the piece is elegantly packaged in a navy box with metal locks...

Abraham Palatnik (1928-2020) Sculpture "Cat", c. 1960 Polyester resin and pigment in red, 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...

'Offcut Collection' Lærke Ryom 2021 (signed) (Please see more object from this collection in other listings) Danish furniture designer Lærke Ryom explores the aesthetics of end gra...

Abraham Palatnik (1928-2020) Sculpture "Elephant", c. 1960 Vintage label (made in Brazil). Polyester resin and pigment in red, black and white. (9 x 5 x 2 cm) 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 Camargo...

Abraham Palatnik (1928-2020) Sculpture "Porcupine", c. 1960 Vintage label (made in Brazil). Polyester resin and pigment. (7 x 11 x 3 cm) This Polyester resin sculpture representing a bird, in the colors yellow and black It 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 that Palatnik 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...

A 1980's American "Six-Man" coiled brass electric table clock, designed by Gordon Bradt for Kinetico Studios. The clock's body shows the mechanism being "...

Abraham Palatnik, Owl, Kinetic sculpture in acrylic resin. Brazil, c. 1970. Signed (19 x 8 x 3 cm) This Polyester resin sculpture representing a bird, in the colors yellow and black ...

Suspended Mobile by Derick Pobell made from 25 black painted balsa wood and wire balanced elements. Unique, No. 1216.