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These sixties ladies each have a flower between their elegant fingers. Just received from their admirers? Or perhaps you are that admirer? Signed in the painting; Fantoni, and under the vase with the stamp of the maker of the leather cloak; Francheschi Firenze.

Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) opened the Fantoni ceramic studio in Florence in 1936. Here he produced ceramic series and unique pieces, sculptures and furniture.
The following museums have works by Fantoni: MoMA New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Art of Boston, Victoria and Albert Museum of London, Royal Scottish Museum of Edinburgh, Museums of Modern Art of Tokyo and Kyoto, International Ceramics Museum in Faenza, National Bargello Museum and Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe of the Uffizi in Florence.