'L'EUROPEO' AND 'ANNABELLA', A PAIR OF HAND-PAINTED AND LITHOGRAPHICALLY PRINTED METAL LAMP BASES
'L'EUROPEO' AND 'ANNABELLA', A PAIR OF HAND-PAINTED AND LITHOGRAPHICALLY PRINTED METAL LAMP BASES

PIERO FORNASETTI FOR RIZZOLI, CIRCA 1960S

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'L'EUROPEO' AND 'ANNABELLA', A PAIR OF HAND-PAINTED AND LITHOGRAPHICALLY PRINTED METAL LAMP BASES
Piero Fornasetti for Rizzoli, circa 1960s
Each painted RP RIZZOLI PUBBLICIT and FORNASETTI-MILANO/MADE IN ITALY and with the firm's marks; Together with two lithographic zinc templates, and two hand-colored prints on paper of the design
16in. (42cm.) high (6)

Lot Essay

cf. Mauris, p. 147, for an illustration of similar models used as promotional gifts for Rizzoli, an Italian publishing house.