Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate- Buttons, Motiv 13

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Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate,
Themes and Variations,
Buttons
Motiv 13,
1980s

The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white … more Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate,
Themes and Variations,
Buttons
Motiv 13,
1980s

The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri depicted as buttons on a military jacket. I always think this looks like the jacket worn by Paul McCartney on the cover of the Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Diameter: 9 1/4 inches x 1 inch deep

Mark: in orange on black Rosenthal/Germany over the Fornasetti hand and paint brush above Decor:/Temi e variazioni/ Motiv 13.


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.

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