Lot 8759 - ibid113 Photography – online only - Wednesday, 08. July 2020, 04.00 PM
MARIO GIACOMELLI
(1925 Senigallia 2000)
Landscape photo from the series "Storia di Terra", 1962.
Gelatin silver print. Vintage.
29.8 x 39.8 cm.
Verso with photographer's stamp with address "60019 - Senigallia (Italia), Via Mastai, 24 - Tel. 62520". Matted and mounted on cardboard (50.5 × 55.5 cm).
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Literature:
- Giorgio Gabriele Negri. Storie di Terra, Mario Giacomelli. Milan, 1992 (ill. p. 49).
- Alistair Crawford. Mario Giacomelli. New York, 2001 (cf. p. 366, ill. 3, slightly differing).
Provenance:
- Galleria OOLP Out Of London Press, Turin, October 1993.
- Swiss private collection.
"Through photographs of land I try to kill nature, to take away that life given by I don’t know whom and that has been destroyed by the passage of man, to give it a new life, recreated according to my criteria and my world vision. Nature is the mirror in which I reflect myself, because by saving this land from the misery of devastation, I actually want to save myself from my inner sadness. At times I even used an expired photonegative, a tool already dead, to emphasize this feeling, obtaining an effect of blacks that become one with the surrounding areas."
(Mario Giacomelli quoted from the website of the archive, https://www.archiviomariogiacomelli.it/en/storie-di-terra/ (27.04.2020)).
Slightly curved, faintly bumped in areas, lower corners with tiny loss of image (hardly disturbing). Verso slightly stained. Overall very good condition.
- Giorgio Gabriele Negri. Storie di Terra, Mario Giacomelli. Milan, 1992 (ill. p. 49).
- Alistair Crawford. Mario Giacomelli. New York, 2001 (cf. p. 366, ill. 3, slightly differing).
Provenance:
- Galleria OOLP Out Of London Press, Turin, October 1993.
- Swiss private collection.
"Through photographs of land I try to kill nature, to take away that life given by I don’t know whom and that has been destroyed by the passage of man, to give it a new life, recreated according to my criteria and my world vision. Nature is the mirror in which I reflect myself, because by saving this land from the misery of devastation, I actually want to save myself from my inner sadness. At times I even used an expired photonegative, a tool already dead, to emphasize this feeling, obtaining an effect of blacks that become one with the surrounding areas."
(Mario Giacomelli quoted from the website of the archive, https://www.archiviomariogiacomelli.it/en/storie-di-terra/ (27.04.2020)).
Slightly curved, faintly bumped in areas, lower corners with tiny loss of image (hardly disturbing). Verso slightly stained. Overall very good condition.
CHF 800 / 1 200 | (€ 820 / 1 240)
Sold for CHF 2 875 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.