Italian Art 1958

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London.

Pan down from a plant reveals the plant pot to be a metal leg and foot in a sandal - bizarre. The Italian artist Piero Fornasetti is seen standing beside an unusual cupboard, he opens the doors. It is very weird, I presume it is a kind of writing bureau. C/U of small piano keyboard,...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1356
Sort Number:
CP 207
Time in/Out:
01:33:08:00 / 01:34:15:00
Canister:
CP 207
Film ID:
83.10
Issue Date:
15/12/1958

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