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PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988)
Lot 49THE SURREALIST WORLD OF ROSALIND GERSTEN JACOBS AND MELVIN JACOBS

PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988)

Set of Ten 'Tema e Variazioni' Plates, designed circa 1950s

Fermé19 May 2022

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PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988)
Set of Ten 'Tema e Variazioni' Plates, designed circa 1950s
lithographic transfer printed glazed ceramic
10 in. (25.4 cm.) diameter
black stenciled mark FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY, TEMA E VARIAZIONI and numbered 17, 116, 118 (two examples), 178, 187, 199, 224, 258, and 281; nine plates additionally with green stamped porcelain manufacturer's mark

Acquired from the artist by the late owners.

Note du spécialiste

The 'Tema e Variazioni' or 'Themes and Variations' design has been produced in at least three hundred and fifty variations. The present plates incorporate the image of a woman, identified by Fornasetti as Natalina 'Lina' Cavalieri, the fin-de-siècle opera singer.

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