Design
Design
Works from the Collection of Jean Hart Kislak
Piero Fornasetti
Four "Tema E Variazioni" Plates
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March 14, 06:36 PM GMT
Estimate
700 - 1,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Works from the Collection of Jean Hart Kislak
Piero Fornasetti
Four "Tema E Variazioni" Plates
designed circa 1960s, produced at a later date
together with 4 brass plate hangers
hand-decorated porcelain
each signed TEMA E VARIAZIONI/FORNASETTI-MILANO/MADE IN ITALY, with the manufacturer's logo and each numbered 78, 116, 143 and 258 respectively
10 in. (25.4 cm) diameter each
Patrick Mauriès, Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams, exh. cat., Boston, 1991, pp. 194 (for the third plate), 200 (for the first plate), and 201 (for the second and fourth plates)
Brigitte Fitoussi, Piero Fornasetti: A Conversation Between Philippe Starck and Barnaba Fornasetti, New York, 2005, p. 48 (for a period photograph of the first and fourth plates)