Lot 12
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'GIARDINO DEL 8TH SECOLO', A FOUR PANEL TRANSFER-PRINTED WOOD SCREEN
'GIARDINO DEL 8TH SECOLO', A FOUR PANEL TRANSFER-PRINTED WOOD SCREEN

PIERO FORNASETTI, CIRCA 1950S

Details
'GIARDINO DEL 8TH SECOLO', A FOUR PANEL TRANSFER-PRINTED WOOD SCREEN
Piero Fornasetti, circa 1950s
The reverse similarly decorated in monochrome
Each panel 51 x 13in. (129.5 x 33.6cm.)

Lot Essay

Fornasetti discovered that folding screens were a perfect vehicle for him to express his unique approach to pictorial decoration. Not only did their size permit him to expand his vocabulary of motifs, but as seen in 'Garden of the 8th Century', to inventively repeat a subject so as to create a floating memory.