PIERO FORNASETTI'S 'ARCHITECT'S' SILK WAISTCOAT

PIERO FORNASETTI, DECORATOR, 1947

Details

PIERO FORNASETTI'S 'ARCHITECT'S' SILK WAISTCOAT
Piero Fornasetti, decorator, 1947
Together with a lithographic zinc template (2)

Literature

Mauris, p.117; Stephen Neil Greengard, "Practical Follies", Art & Antiques, 1988, p.82-83

Exhibited

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams, 2 October 1991 - 19 January 1992

Lot Essay

Two waistcoats were initially made, one each for Fornasetti and Ponti. Each waistcoat is decorated with the actual tools of each man's trade, as if they could reach into the trompe l'oeil pockets and extract a ruler or pen. cf. Suzanne Slesin, "In a Solo Show, The Wit and Whimsy of Piero Fornasetti", The New York Times, December 21, 1989, p.C8 for an illustration of a later waistcoat.