Lot Essay
cf. Patrick Mauries, Fornasetti, Designer of Dreams, Thames and Hudson, Ltd., London, 1991, p.13 for a portrait of Fornasetti in 1950 against a background of his Jerusalem pattern wall-paper.
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A FOUR PANEL TRANSFER PRINTED SCREEN
BY PIERO FORNASETTI, 1950'S
One side decorated with polychrome panels depicting Kings, Queens and Jacks of the card suites, alternating with gold panels of the same subject, the other side printed in black on a yellow ground with a cityscape scene of Jerusalem--78½in. (199cm.) high, 80in. (203cm.) wide, 1¼in. (3cm.) deep
BY PIERO FORNASETTI, 1950'S
One side decorated with polychrome panels depicting Kings, Queens and Jacks of the card suites, alternating with gold panels of the same subject, the other side printed in black on a yellow ground with a cityscape scene of Jerusalem--78½in. (199cm.) high, 80in. (203cm.) wide, 1¼in. (3cm.) deep