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American Visionaries: Property from an Important Private Collection
PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988)
'Battaglia Navale' Four-Panel Screen, designed 1954
Details
PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988)
'Battaglia Navale' Four-Panel Screen, designed 1954
printed, lacquered and hand-painted plywood, brass; on casters
51 ¼ x 13 ¾ x 1 1⁄8 in. (130 x 35 x 3 cm) (each panel)
'Battaglia Navale' Four-Panel Screen, designed 1954
printed, lacquered and hand-painted plywood, brass; on casters
51 ¼ x 13 ¾ x 1 1⁄8 in. (130 x 35 x 3 cm) (each panel)
Provenance
Fifty/50 Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Florida, 1989
Thence by descent to the present owner
Private Collection, Florida, 1989
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
P. Mauriès, Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams, exh. cat., Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1991, p. 191 (for a related design)
Further details
Christie’s would like to thank the Fornasetti Archive for their assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
Brought to you by
Victoria Allerton Tudor
Vice President, Specialist, Head of Sale