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PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988)
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PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988)

Prototype Chandelier, circa 1950

Fermé9 December 2022

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USD 15,000–20,000

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PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988)
Prototype Chandelier, circa 1950
painted metal, lithographic transfer, brass
39 3/4 in. (101 cm) diameter, 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm) drop

Forty-One/Liz O'Brien, New York, 1994
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1995

Note du spécialiste

As mentioned by Barnaba Fornasetti in Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, the present lot is a prototype for a chandelier, from Piero Fornasetti's 'Giornali' (Newspapers) series. It never went into production and remained in his atelier's stock room until the 1980s.