Senigallia, Italy, from the series "Verrà la morte e aurà i tuoi occhi (Death will come and have your eyes)"
1966 · Gelatin silver print
Image/paper: 29 × 38.8 cm (11 7/16 × 15 5/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Mario Giacomelli
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21
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31
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Reinstallation of the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980
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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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The Photographer's Eye
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
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Mario Giacomelli was an Italian photographer whose black-and-white images captured rural life, religious processions, and the psychological landscape of postwar Italy with lyrical intensity. Working primarily in gelatin silver print, he developed a distinctly expressive photographic language marked by high contrast, unusual framing, and a humanistic attention to gesture and shadow. His work spans intimate domestic scenes, documentary sequences of agrarian communities, and staged compositions that blur the boundary between observation and interpretation. Giacomelli's photographs are held in major institutional collections and represent a singular voice in European postwar photography.
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Museum of Modern Art
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Art Institute of Chicago
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| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artsy | Apr 2026 | €1,500 – €2,500 | Unsold |
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