Lot 43
43
MARIO GIACOMELLI (1925-2000)
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MARIO GIACOMELLI (1925-2000)

There Are No Hands to Caress My Face, 1961-63

Details
MARIO GIACOMELLI (1925-2000)
There Are No Hands to Caress My Face, 1961-63
gelatin silver print
credited and titled in unknown hand in Italian in pencil on verso
11¾ x 15¾in. (29.8 x 40cm.)
Provenance
As lot 41.
Literature
Crawford, Mario Giacomelli, Phaidon, 2001, p.225, no.3.
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Lot Essay

In his images of young priests, Giacomelli shows an unexpected, light-hearted aspect of these holy men, laughing and enjoying leisure time in the seminary courtyard. Of this series, Giacomelli states, 'I found a previously unfamiliar dimension; I discarded the conventional rules in my treatment of the subject, to reveal the naked man.' (quoted in Crawford, p.222)

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