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Property from an Important American Collection

PIERO FORNASETTI | "FOSSILI" SIDE TABLE

Lot Closed

March 31, 07:01 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 USD

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Property from an Important American Collection

PIERO FORNASETTI

"FOSSILI" SIDE TABLE


circa 1950s

lithographic transfer-print over wood, brass

with the firm's original paper label

14¼ in. (36.2 cm) high

14¼ in. (36.2 cm) diameter

Collection of Barnaba Fornasetti, son of the artist

Christie's Los Angeles, Important Design: The Life of Piero Fornasetti, May 16, 1998, lot 200

Barnaba Fornasetti, ed., Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, Milan, 2009, p. 382 (for a variation of the model)