Photographs
Photographs
Pretini (Young Priests), No. 71
No reserve
Lot Closed
May 19, 04:09 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Mario Giacomelli
1925 - 2000
Pretini (Young Priests), No. 71 (from Io non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto)
gelatin silver print, signed and dated in ink, signed and annotated in pencil and with the photographer’s copyright and 'Io non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto' stamps on the reverse, 1961-63, printed later
image: 38.4 by 29.8 cm (15⅛ by 11¾ in.)
The Photographers’ Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996
Alistair Crawford, Mario Giacomelli (London, 2001), p. 224
Virginia Heckert, Mario Giacomelli: Figure/Ground (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2021), p. 51