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Rosenthal Studio Line Porcelain Relief Plaque by Natale Sapone 'Limited Edition'

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Stunning wall plaque by Natale Sapone. The plaque is "new" because it has been kept in its original box. The plaque was produced in 1972 in an edition of 3000, and this one is number 524 (certificate included). Natale Sapone was an Italian-Swiss painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and designer of concrete art. Natale Sapone was born in 1921 in southern Italy, in Reggio Calabria and attended from 1931-1939 the Istituto d'Arte "Mattia Preti". By moving to Milan, he had the opportunity at the Accademia di Belle Arti de Brera to study with Professor Giuseppe Palanti, where he was taught in a traditional 19th century style. Sapones artistic career was interrupted from 1940 to 1945 by the military service. Looking for work, the young artist came in 1947 in central Switzerland and worked as a designer and decorator in a ceramic art studio in Einsiedeln . After a stay in Paris at the Académie André Lhote Sapone came back to Switzerland and settled in 1951 in Frauenfeld down. Through the support of collectors and gallery located Sapone could mainly build in German-speaking Switzerland a large network. Sapone away gradually from figurative image contents and sat increasingly deals with the basic laws of formal design. The geometricizing image orders, which are noticeable in the figurative works of that period, refer back to the development of the concrete formulation, which ended figurative phase in the 60s Sapones. Besides his work as a painter and sculptor designed Natale Sapone jewelry for the renowned company Bucherer. He also designed in the early 70s as a designer for the Rosenthal porcelain factory objects in ceramic, porcelain and glass. Natale Sapone acquired Swiss citizenship in 1986.

Creator:

Rosenthal (Manufacturer),Natale Sapone (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 1 in (2.54 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)Depth: 12 in (30.48 cm)

Style:

Modern (In the Style Of)

Materials and Techniques:

Porcelain

Place of Origin:

Germany

Period:

1970-1979

Date of Manufacture:

1972

Condition:

Complete with original but a bit distressed box and certificate of origin. The plaque is as new.

Seller Location:

Waddinxveen, NL

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU6061227334372

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While the Rosenthal Porcelain Factory grew from humble decorating roots — as many pottery companies do — it eventually built a list of universally revered designer and artist partners that included Andy Warhol and Salvador Dalí. And after securing an enviable position as a top manufacturer of serveware and dominating the porcelain and bone china markets, Rosenthal expanded into furniture production, working with influential designers Verner Panton, Luigi Colani and Günther Ferdinand Ris and Herbert Selldorf.

German-born Jewish businessman Philipp Rosenthal founded the company in 1879 in Bavaria. It began as his modest workshop where he painted porcelain and encountered success with porcelain ashtrays. Rosenthal hired the best designers and clay modelers he could find. Adolf Oppel designed figurative Art Nouveau pieces, while Eleonore (Lore) Friedrich-Gronau produced decorative objects, namely her graceful porcelain dancer figurines, for the company.

Dinnerware, though, would be a Rosenthal mainstay. Between 1904 and 1910, Rosenthal produced its renowned dinnerware lines such as Donatello, Darmstadt and Isolde. These were introduced as unornamented white pieces — only later were they given their underglaze designs.

Rosenthal founder Philipp, a Catholic of Jewish ancestry, resigned in 1934 as the company’s president due to pressures owing to discriminatory German laws that took shape during the rise of the Nazi regime. Rosenthal died in 1937, and the family fled to America. The company would not regain its footing until 1950 when Rosenthal’s son, Philip, joined the firm and, in 1958, became chairman and dubbed Germany’s “China King.” At its peak, the company had 10,000 employees.

In the 1950s, Rosenthal’s modernist dinnerware was a significant part of the brand’s offerings, and by 1961 they introduced the famed Rosenthal Studio Line. Although furniture designers and ceramicists would lead the list of individuals working with Rosenthal — among them Tapio Wirkkala, Max Weber and Lisa Larson — the company eventually reached out to fine artists, not only Dalí and Warhol but Sandro Chia and Kenny Scharf. Rosenthal also collaborated with fashion designers Gianni Versace and Donatella Versace.

In a daring move in 1972, the company diversified into furniture, collaborating with some of the giants of mid-century modern design. The revolutionary Sunball chair, an icon of Space Age seating crafted by Selldorf and Ris, was among Rosenthal’s stellar successes in this venture.

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