PIERO FORNASETTI, CIRCA 1950S
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'CORNUCOPIA', A UNIQUE HAND-PAINTED PLASTIC TRAY
Piero Fornasetti, Circa 1950s
Rectangular, decorated with a 'cornucopia' shaped basket filled with flowers and foliage, in subtle shades of red, blue, green and amber, with the firm's paper label and with a lithographic zinc template of the design; together with a Piero Fornasetti ceramic plate, decorated with a sunflower with human facial features in a clouded landscape, signed 'FORNASETTI-MILANO MADE IN ITALY', 12 MESI 12 SOLI and 1992.162.1
The tray: 95/8 x 227/8in. (24.5 x 58cm.); 10in. (25.4cm.) diameter of the plate (3)
Piero Fornasetti, Circa 1950s
Rectangular, decorated with a 'cornucopia' shaped basket filled with flowers and foliage, in subtle shades of red, blue, green and amber, with the firm's paper label and with a lithographic zinc template of the design; together with a Piero Fornasetti ceramic plate, decorated with a sunflower with human facial features in a clouded landscape, signed 'FORNASETTI-MILANO MADE IN ITALY', 12 MESI 12 SOLI and 1992.162.1
The tray: 95/8 x 227/8in. (24.5 x 58cm.); 10in. (25.4cm.) diameter of the plate (3)
Provenance
The tray: Christie's Los Angeles, Important Design - The Life of Piero Fornasetti, May 16, 1998, lot 38
The Piero Fornasetti Collection
The plate: Christie's East, Property from the Collection of the Denver Art Museum, September 16, 1995, lot 443
The Piero Fornasetti Collection
The plate: Christie's East, Property from the Collection of the Denver Art Museum, September 16, 1995, lot 443
Special notice
This lot has no reserve.