LOT DETAILS
Materials:
Lithographic transfer
Size Notes:
Each panel
Description:
Markings:
Last panel signed Fornasetti 58
Exhibited:
Exhibition of Fornasetti's Decorative Objects," The Tea Centre, London, September 17-October 3, 1958 Landesgewerbemuseum, Karlsruhe, January 31-March 4, 1962
Literature:
Notiziaro," Domus, no. 385, December 1961, illustrated, n.p. Casa Vogue, no. 88, November 1978, illustrated on the cover Patrick Mauriès, Fornasetti Designer of Dreams, London, 1991, illustrated pp. 126-29 Barnaba Fornasetti, ed., Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, New York, 2010, illustrated pp. 420, 435-38
Provenance:
Themes & Variations, London, acquired directly from the artist Christie's, New York, "Important 20th Century Decorative Arts including Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Post-War Designs," December 17, 1983, lot 393 Private collection Christie's, Los Angeles, "Important Design: The Life of Piero Fornasetti," May 16, 1998, lot 203 Acquired from the above Sotheby's, New York, "Important Postwar and Contemporary Design," November 16, 2007, lot 44 Acquired from the above by the present owner
