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Set of Five 'Città di Carte' Plates, designed circa 1950s by 
																	Piero Fornasetti

Piero Fornasetti

( Italian, 1913 - 1988 )

Set of Five 'Città di Carte' Plates, designed circa 1950s

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Materials:

lithographic transfer printed and hand-painted glazed porcelain

Size Notes:

8¹?? in. (21 cm.) diameter

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Literature:

lithographic transfer printed and hand-painted glazed porcelain 81?4 in. (21 cm.) diameter each black stenciled mark CITTÀ DI CARTE, FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY and numbered 2, 3, 5, 6, and 9; four plates additionally with green stamped porcelain manufacturer's mark and various painter's marks P. Mauriès, Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams, London, 1991 210-213. B. Fornasetti, ed., Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, New York, 2010, pp. 4-5, 451, 610-611 (for illustrations of the Città di carte). G. Curzio, Piero Fornasetti: Cento anni di follia pratica/ One Hundred Years of Practical Madness, Mantua, 2013, pp. 58-59 (for an illustration of the Città di carte). P. Mauriès, Piero Fornasetti: La Folie Pratique, Paris, 2015 pp. 82-83, 248-249 (for illustrations of the Città di carte). Please note that the sale has been extended and the closing time for this lot will be updated accordingly.

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