August 14, 2019

Piero Fornasetti wastepaper basket

Atelier Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988) wastepaper basket with lithographed decoration of 18th century ladies and gentleman
Signed to the underside

(some paint loss) Italy circa 1960

Price: 2250.00 GBP

Date: Circa: 1960

Dimensions: H. 28 cm - Diam. 26 cm

Medium: steel and brass

Architect/Designer: Piero Fornasetti

Condition: good original condition, significant losses to the painted surface, please see photos, ready to use

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Categories: Piero Fornasetti - wastepaper bin
20th Century - Antiques - Decorative items - featured - Fornasetti

Piero Fornasetti (10 November 1913 - 9 October 1988) was an Italian painter, sculptor, interior decorator and engraver. He lived most of his life in Milan, attending the Brera Art Academy from 1930-32 when he was expelled for insubordination. During World War II, he went into exile in Switzerland from 1943-46. He created more than 11,000 items, many featuring the face of a woman, operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri, as a motif. Fornasetti found her face in a 19th-century magazine. “What inspired me to create more than 500 variations on the face of a woman?” asks Italian designer, Piero Fornasetti of himself. “I don’t know,” he admits, “I began to make them and I never stopped.” The “Tema e Variazioni” (theme and variation) plate series based on Cavalieri's face numbered more than 350. source: Wikipedia