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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION (LOTS 1-13)
The objects I went on to create over a period of forty years are based on extremely simple and clean-cut forms, even though they are decorated with overflowing imagination.
Piero Fornasetti
PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988)
A 'LIBRI' MAGAZINE RACK, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED 1950S, EXECUTED 1988-1989
Details
PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988)
A 'LIBRI' MAGAZINE RACK, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED 1950s, EXECUTED 1988-1989
produced by Atelier Fornasetti, lithographically-decorated metal and brass
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) high; 16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) wide; 8 ¾ in. (22 cm.) deep
Fornasetti label to underside
A 'LIBRI' MAGAZINE RACK, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED 1950s, EXECUTED 1988-1989
produced by Atelier Fornasetti, lithographically-decorated metal and brass
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) high; 16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) wide; 8 ¾ in. (22 cm.) deep
Fornasetti label to underside
Literature
Similar example illustrated:
P. Mauriès, Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams, London, 1991, pp. 124-125.
P. Mauriès, Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams, London, 1991, pp. 124-125.