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Plate, Theme and Variation

Designer: Piero Fornasetti, Italian, 1913-1988
Medium: Porcelain
Place Made: Milan, Italy
Dates: ca. 1954
Dimensions: 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (1.3 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm)
Markings: On underside of base, transfer printed in black: "[human eye]/TEMA E/VARIAZIONI/1/[hand with paint brush]/FORNASETTI . MILANO/MADE IN ITALY".
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 2005.37.1
Credit Line: Gift of the estate of Jane Adams Breed
Image: Overall, 2005.37.1_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008

Catalogue Description: Small circular dished porcelain plate with transfer-printed decoration of a woman's face in black on white ground. Number 1 from 7 piece Tema e Variazioni series.

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