Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc.
Downingtown, PA
Details
- Dimensions
- 10ʺW × 1ʺD × 10ʺH
- Artist
- Piero Fornasetti
- Brand
- Atelier Fornasetti
- Designer
- Piero Fornasetti
- Period
- Late 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- Italy
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Porcelain
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- Good Good less
- Description
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Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #319,
Gorgonzola Cheese,
Atelier Fornasetti
20th Century
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in … more Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #319,
Gorgonzola Cheese,
Atelier Fornasetti
20th Century
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts the face of Lina Cavalieri, Piero Fornasetti's muse superimposed on a slice of Gorgonzola cheese.
Diameter: 10 inches x 1 inch high
Mark: In white on a black square, Tema E Variazioni, a hand holding a pen, and Fornasetti Milano/Made in Italy with the pattern # above all located below a printed black and white eye.
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.
(Ref: NY9849-04-cpk) less
Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc.
Downingtown, PA
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