Piero Fornasetti
Piero Fornasetti, table lamp, 'Viso', Fornasetti, Milan, Italy 2018.
Metal and brass with printed decoration of a female face. Marked FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY N 19/2018 and with a label underneath. With a Fornasetti shade. Total height 78 cm including shade.
Minor wear. Electrical function not tested.
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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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