Lina Cavalieri

Exceptional set of eight iconic Fornasetti porcelain decorative plates featuring the celebrated Lina Cavalieri surrealist motifs in striking black and white designs.

Fornasetti Tema e Variazioni Plate No. 74, Clock Face, Lina Cavalieri, Milan Atelier Fornasetti, Milan, 1990s Timeless beauty, taken literally.

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate, Tema e Variazioni No. 224, Lina Cavalieri 1980s This Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate from the Tema e Variazioni series presents the face of the It...

The face depicted belongs to Lina Cavalieri, an internationally renowned 19th-century Italian opera singer.

This porcelain plate is number 89 in Piero Fornasetti’s Tema e Variazioni, the series he built across his career from a single borrowed face, that of the opera singer Lina Cavalieri....

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.

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.

Measurements: Diameter: 9 1/4 inches (23.5 cm) Height: 1 inch (2.5 cm) Conition: Excellent. Historical Context: Lina Cavalieri and the "Tema e Variazioni" The inspiration for Forn...

A Classic midcentury Italian Designed plate featuring an iconic image from Piero Fornasetti’s work, his muse the opera singer, Lina Cavalieri. Crisp black and white timeless design i...

Another classic of the Fornasetti catalogue, vases' uncommon shape mixed with the timeless beauty of Lina Cavalieri, Piero Fornasetti’s enduring muse, bring to life one of the most d...

Piero Fornasetti silk screen print on wood depicting nose, mouth and eyes of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri / made in Milano Italy, 1990s Width: 12 inches / Height: 12 inches...

Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" 1/100 limited edition print depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri / made in Milano Italy, 1998 Width: 14 inches / Height: ...

Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri, no.78 / made in Milano Italy circa 1960.

Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the crying face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri, no.77 / made in Milano Italy circa 1960.

Charming chair with the back rest decorated both sides with Fornasetti's muse, Lina Cavalieri, sporting a purple knitted ski hat with a yellow pom-pom.

Piero Fornasetti said that he chose Lina Cavalieri for her archetypal beauty. It's clear what he meant.

Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri on a nude female torso, no.281 / made in Milano Italy circa ...

This specific variation, Pattern Number 52, features the enigmatic face of Piero Fornasetti’s muse, the opera singer Lina Cavalieri, manipulated into a dramatic, elongated distortion.

The face of opera singer Lina Cavalieri, reinterpreted by Piero Fornasetti, embellishes this hand-decorated porcelain ashtray, part of the iconic Tema e Variazioni series: an everyda...

Vintage Rosenthal Fornasetti "Temi e Variazioni" porcelain plate motiv 24, with gold rim and black and white printed center depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalie...

Having upswept open arms painted in silver with upholstered iconic images of Italian opera singer Lina Cavalieri who was the muse of Piero Fornasetti.

The decoration features two variations from the famous Fornasetti series Tema e Variazioni, inspired by the face of the beautiful woman Lina Cavalieri, designed by Piero Fornasetti i...

The decoration features two variations from the famous Fornasetti series Tema e Variazioni, inspired by the face of the beautiful woman Lina Cavalieri, designed by Piero Fornasetti i...

The decoration features two variations from the famous Fornasetti series Tema e Variazioni, inspired by the face of the beautiful woman Lina Cavalieri, designed by Piero Fornasetti i...

The decoration features two variations from the famous Fornasetti series Tema e Variazioni, inspired by the face of the beautiful woman Lina Cavalieri, designed by Piero Fornasetti i...

The decoration features two variations from the famous Fornasetti series Tema e Variazioni, inspired by the face of the beautiful woman Lina Cavalieri, designed by Piero Fornasetti i...

The top is double sided - one side depicts Lina Cavalieri and the other side is the chessboard.

The top is double sided - one side depicts Lina Cavalieri and the other side is the game board.

The decoration depicts a variation on the iconic face of Lina Cavalieri, Fornasetti's muse, looking through the keyhole.

This spherical piece features the hauntingly beautiful gaze of Lina Cavalieri, Fornasetti’s ultimate muse. Crafted in Italy, the thick crystal acts as a magnifying lens, giving the a...

The design, inspired by the renowned soprano Lina Cavalieri's face is rather surreal in design with half the plate showing the right side of her face and the other three closeups of ...

The series began in 1952 after Fornasetti stumbled upon the face of Lina Cavalieri, a 19th-century operatic soprano and celebrated beauty, in an old French magazine.

Motif Origin: The entire series is founded on the face of operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri, whom Fornasetti saw as an inexhaustible "quintessentially beautiful and classic image."

Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes and Variations Plate, Tema e Variazioni Motiv 27, Lina Cavalieri, Original Box, 1980s Striking Piero Fornasetti porcelain wall plate from...

The face of the opera singer Lina Cavalieri, Piero Fornasetti's muse, embellishes this decorative porcelain wall plate.

This collection was inspired by the renowned soprano vocalist, Lina Cavalieri, who was invented and depicted the lady 'Julia' in various composition.

This collection was inspired by the renowned soprano vocalist, Lina Cavalieri, who was invented and depicted the lady 'Julia' in various composition.

This collection was inspired by the renowned soprano vocalist, Lina Cavalieri, who was invented and depicted the lady 'Julia' in various composition.

The graphic black-and-white transfer print re-imagines the face of Lina Cavalieri—Piero Fornasetti’s eternal muse—metamorphosed into an incandescent light bulb.

Each plate measures 26 cm in diameter and features Fornasetti's iconic muse, the 19th-century opera singer Lina Cavalieri, reinterpreted in surreal, graphic black-and-white motifs in...

In this beloved motif from the Fornasetti universe, the face of Lina Cavalieri—the famous soprano whom Piero often depicted and reinterpreted across many works—is framed by the sharp...

In this beloved motif from the Fornasetti universe, the face of Lina Cavalieri—the famous soprano whom Piero often depicted and reinterpreted across many works—is framed by the sharp...

In this beloved motif from the Fornasetti universe, the face of Lina Cavalieri—the famous soprano whom Piero often depicted and reinterpreted across many works—is framed by the sharp...

The design centers on the enigmatic, monochromatic face of opera singer Lina Cavalieri, reimagined here as a clock face with her piercing eyes positioned behind the numerals.

The muse behind the series, Lina Cavalieri, was discovered by Fornasetti in a 19th-century French magazine.

References Fornasetti: Official Atelier website (for context on Lina Cavalieri as the muse and the Tema e Variazioni series).

The series began in 1952 after Fornasetti stumbled upon the face of Lina Cavalieri, a 19th-century operatic soprano and celebrated beauty, in an old French magazine.

It features the enigmatic face of Lina Cavalieri—Fornasetti's eternal muse—peering out from behind the heavy, textured iron bars of a prison cell or dungeon window.

The series began in 1952 after Fornasetti stumbled upon the face of Lina Cavalieri, a 19th-century operatic soprano and celebrated beauty, in an old French magazine.

An essential and magnetic element, the lips of Lina Cavalieri—Fornasetti’s muse—evolve beyond their original black-and-white identity through the reinterpretation of Barnaba Fornaset...

Historical Context: The Muse of Lina Cavalieri The Themes & Variations series is Piero Fornasetti's (1913-1988) most famous and enduring body of work.

This surrealist porcelain plate belongs to Piero Fornasetti’s celebrated Tema e Variazioni series, a decades-long meditation on the face of Lina Cavalieri, the 19th-century operatic ...

At its center is the unmistakable face of opera singer Lina Cavalieri, rendered through Fornasetti’s signature screen-printed (serigraphy) technique.

His most celebrated motif is the face of Lina Cavalieri, an opera singer whose enigmatic expression he reinterpreted in hundreds of variations.

A striking porcelain plate from the celebrated "Themes & Variations" (Tema e Variazioni) series designed by Piero Fornasetti and produced by Rosenthal, Germany, in the 1980s — Motiv ...

A porcelain plate from the celebrated "Themes & Variations" (Tema e Variazioni) series designed by Piero Fornasetti and produced by Rosenthal, Germany, in the 1980s — Motiv 13, one o...

A porcelain plate from the celebrated "Themes & Variations" (Tema e Variazioni) series designed by Piero Fornasetti and produced by Rosenthal, Germany, in the 1980s — Motiv 19, one o...

Fornasetti's designs are characterized by their repetitive use of certain images, such as the face of opera singer Lina Cavalieri, and their intricate, hand-painted details.

The Power of Repetition: His most famous motifs (like the face of Lina Cavalieri) and these schools of fish demonstrate his fascination with repeating a single, perfect image.

His world was filled with optical illusions and neoclassical whimsy: suns, moons, playing cards, and the endlessly re-imagined face of opera singer Lina Cavalieri, whose image became...