Lot 76
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TWO EROTIC SKETCHES

PIERO FORNASETTI, 1945

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TWO EROTIC SKETCHES
Piero Fornasetti, 1945
The first a pen and ink on paper, depicting an erotic fruit, signed l/l fornasetti '45; the second a pen and ink on paper, depicting an erotic portrait, signed l/r fornasetti '45
Each sketch 11 x 8in. (28 x 20.3cm.), framed (2)

Lot Essay

In the 1940s Fornasetti executed over 100 erotic sketches, most of which have remained in the family archives. In the first sketch he humorously explores the sensual curves of a pear, while the second is one of numerous meditations on the phallus. Cf. Mauris, p. 222 for illustrations of several more works from the series.