AN ITALIAN 'STRUMENTI MUSICALI' AND 'LIBRI' FOUR-FOLD SCREEN, BY PIERO FORNASETTI, DESIGNED CIRCA 1952-1954
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October 28, 03:08 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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AN ITALIAN 'STRUMENTI MUSICALI' AND 'LIBRI' FOUR-FOLD SCREEN, BY PIERO FORNASETTI, DESIGNED CIRCA 1952-1954
lithographic transfer-print over wood, one side decorated with library shelves filled with leather bound books and various objects, the other with a variety of musical instruments
fully extended: 131cm. high, 140cm. wide, 3cm. deep; 4ft. 3½in., 4ft. 7⅛in., 1¼in., closed: 131cm. high, 35cm. wide, 3cm. deep; 4ft. 3½in., 1ft. 1¾in., 1¼in.
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Property from a Private Collection;
Christie's New York, Interiors, 2 - 3 April 2013, lot 431.
RELATED LITERATURE
Patrick Mauriès, Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams, London, 1991, p. 183 (for a "Libri" screen)
Fornasetti: La Follia Pratica, exh. cat., Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles, May 10-June 25, 2004, p. 16 (for a "Libri" screen)
Barnaba Fornasetti, ed., Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, Milan, 2009, pp. 424 (for a "Libri" screen), 439 (for a "Strumenti Musicali" screen) and 457 (for a "Libri" screen)