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Set of Twenty-Four 'Adam and Eve' Plates, designed circa 1960 by 
																	Piero Fornasetti

Piero Fornasetti

( Italian, 1913 - 1988 )

Set of Twenty-Four 'Adam and Eve' Plates, designed circa 1960

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Materials:

lithographic transfer-printed glazed porcelain

Size Notes:

Adam: 10¹?? in. (26.3 cm.) diameter Eve: 10¹?? in. (25.7 cm.) diameter

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lithographic transfer-printed glazed porcelain Adam: 103?8 in. (26.3 cm.) diameter Eve: 101?8 in. (25.7 cm.) diameter each with black stenciled EVA or ADAMO, FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY and numbered respectively 1 through 12; Adamo plates additionally stamped with green stamped porcelain manufacturer's mark Acquired from the artist by the late owners. P. Mauriès, Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams, London, 1991, pp. 238-241. B. Fitoussi, Piero Fornasetti: A Conversation between Philippe Starck and Barnaba Fornasetti, New York, 2005, pp. 28-29. B. Fornasetti, ed., Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, New York, 2010, pp. 200 and 284. P. Mauriès, Piero Fornasetti: La Folie Pratique, Paris, 2015, pp. 208-209. Please note that the sale has been extended and the closing time for this lot will be updated accordingly.

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