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PIERO FORNASETTI | "LIBRI" AND "STRUMENTI MUSICALI" FOLDING SCREEN
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October 7, 07:54 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
Property of a Distinguished Collector
PIERO FORNASETTI
"LIBRI" AND "STRUMENTI MUSICALI" FOLDING SCREEN
designed circa 1952-1954
lithographic transfer-print over wood
53⅞ x 55¾ x 1¼ in. (136.8 x 141.6 x 3.1 cm) fully extended
Mobili Decorative Arts, Washington, D.C.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988
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)