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NEW YORK — Unlike some of his contemporaries who were more interested in producing one-off pieces and custom furniture for wealthy clients, Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988) is renowned for democratizing art. The prolific designer, who hailed from Milan, had a large and diverse output, responsible for more than 13,000 examples of furniture and decorative arts pieces during his lifetime. He preferred to conceive and release his work in a string of distinct series rather than as one-of-a-kind objects. Combining function with fancy, Fornasetti’s oeuvre has been described as surrealistic, even metaphysical.
