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Piero Fornasetti

(Italy, 1913-1988)
Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.
Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.
Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.
Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.
Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.
Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.
Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.
Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.
Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.
Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.
Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.
Piero Fornasetti, a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
722 - 903 EUR
781 - 977 USD
Hammer price
9 000 SEK
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Piero Fornasetti
(Italy, 1913-1988)

a 'Peccato' paper basket, Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2019.

Hand-silkscreened, painted and lacquered metal, with a brass top edge and feet, maker's mark FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY N 31/2019 MF. Height 28,5 cm, diameter 26 cm.

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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