Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Plate- Temi E Variazioni- Themes and Variation, Motiv 15

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Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate, Motiv 15,
"Hands",
1980s

The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed … more Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate, Motiv 15,
"Hands",
1980s

The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri her hands held up to her face.

Diameter: 9 1/4 inches

Printed mark in white on black circle-
Rosenthal. Classic/Germany/ Fornasetti hand and brush/ Fornasetti with trademark symbol/ Dekor/ Teme E Variazioni/ Motiv 16.

During the 1980's Rosenthal helped revive Fornasetti's reputation by applying some of his most enduring illustrations on their products.

Reference:
(http://www.fornasetti.com/en/story/temavariazioni/)

The image that inspired Fornasetti to coin the title 'Tema e Variazioni', is the enigmatic face of a woman: the opera singer Lina Cavalieri.

He found that now iconic face as he leafed through a 19th century French magazine and became fascinated. Taking her as much as a muse and as a motif, he would return to Lina Cavalieri's face again and again throughout his career. The archetypal classic female features, and enigmatic expression of Lina Cavalieri became Fornasetti's most frequently used template and upon which he based more than 350 variations.

Lina Cavalieri's face, explained Piero Fornasetti, was another archetype - a quintessentially beautiful and classic image, like a Greek statue, enigmatic like the 'Gioconda' and therefore able to take shape into the idea that was slowly building in his mind. It was this formal, graphic appeal (rather than Lina Cavalieri's celebrity) that demanded such loyalty and inspired the spontaneous and ceaseless creativity of Fornasetti. For him, this face became the ultimate enduring motif. With great modesty all these works were reproduced on a series of everyday objects like the plate. Tema e Variazioni shows its variations playing with one idea.

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