Salad Plate

About the Artwork

Title Salad Plate

Artwork Date 1960 - 1969

Artist Piero Fornasetti

Life Dates 1913 - 1988

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Porcelain with printed and gilded decoration

Dimensions Overall: 8 5/16 × 8 1/4 × 5/8 inches (21.1 × 21 × 1.6 cm)

Classification Ceramics

Department European Modern Art to 1970

Credit Gift of Janis and Bill Wetsman

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2020.113.10

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