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Piero Fornasetti

(Italy, 1913-1988)
Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.
Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.
Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.
Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.
Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.
Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.
Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.
Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.
Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.
Piero Fornasetti, a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.
Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
540 - 719 EUR
571 - 761 USD
Hammer price
6 000 SEK
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Piero Fornasetti
(Italy, 1913-1988)

a red lacquered tray, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 1995.

Printed decoration of jewelry against red, label marked and marked FORNASETTI MADE IN ITALY N.9/95. 48 x 60,5 cm.

Minor wear.

Literature

Patrick Mauriès, "Fornasetti, designer of dreams", Thames & Hudson, 2010, see the model illustrated p 262.

Designer

Piero Fornasetti was an artist, sculptor, interior designer, and engraver from Milan. DUring his career, Fornasetti created a visual language which is immediately recognisable. The artist studied at Brera Art Academy but got expelled for missbehaviours. Fornasetti created more than 11 000 artworks, many with the soap opera star Lina Cavalieris face on. Several reoccurring themes included his interpratations of symbols, such as the sun and time, in black and white. His style is reminicent of Greek and Roman architecture, a time in which he was greatly influenced by.

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