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Title: Piero Fornasetti
Condition: New
Subtitle: Practical Madness
Author: Patrick Mauries
Contributor: Barnaba Fornasetti (Contributions by), Patrick Mauries (Edited by), Gio Ponti (Contributions by), Olivier Gabet (Contributions by), Ginevra Quadrio Curzio (Contributions by)
Format: Hardback
Type: Hardback
ISBN-10: 0847847136
EAN: 9780847847136
ISBN: 9780847847136
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Genre: Sports & Hobbies
Topic: Arts & Photography, Fashion & Design
Release Date: 08/09/2015
Description: An extensive illustrated survey of one of the most inventive design minds of the twentieth century. Combining whimsy and elegance, Piero Fornasetti transformed everyday objects like cups, scarves, and plates into much sought-after works of art with his idiosyncratic motifs, such as the hand, the female face, and luminescent fish. His dazzling pieces of trompe l’oeil furniture, created in collaboration with Gio Ponti, are also highly prized by collectors worldwide. 
Fornasetti’s boundless imagination is celebrated here in a book published to document a major retrospective exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. The first half of the monograph is organized by type and includes Fornasetti’s paintings, drawings, and furniture. The second half focuses on favorite themes: his use of trompe l’oeil, architectural drawings, and his variations on the face of a famous operatic beauty. Featuring 400 illustrations covering almost fifty years of a protean and prolific designer and artist like no other, this is a must-have for Fornasetti connoisseurs and anyone interested in design.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 337mm
Item Length: 196mm
Item Width: 30mm
Item Weight: 1615g
Release Year: 2015

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