Design
Design
Property from an Important American Collection
Piero Fornasetti, "Ombrelli A Silhouettes" Umbrella Stand and "Oggetti con Nastro" Wastepaper Bin
Lot Closed
October 7, 05:50 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Piero Fornasetti
"Ombrelli A Silhouettes" Umbrella Stand and "Oggetti con Nastro" Wastepaper Bin
circa 1950s
together with an "Oggetti con Nastro" framed print
lithographic transfer print on metal
each stamped FORNASETTI MILANO/MADE IN ITALY with the firm's paper labels
umbrella stand: 22 1/2 in. (57.1 cm) high; 10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm) diameter
wastepaper bin: 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm) high; 10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm) diameter
Barnaba Fornasetti, Milan
Christie's Los Angeles, Important Design: The Life of Piero Fornasetti, May 16, 1998, lots 53 and 57
Patrick Mauries, Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams, exh. cat., Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1991, pp. 158 (for the umbrella stand) and 183 (for the wastepaper bin)
Barnaba Fornasetti, ed., Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, New York, 2010, pp. 472-474 (for related umbrella stands) and 476 (for the wastepaper bin)