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Le Mie Marche

Le Mie Marche

© Estate of Mario Giacomelli

Le Mie Marche
Le Mie Marche
ArtistItalian, 1925–2000
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Le Mie Marche
  • My Marche
  • from the series Presa di coscienza sulla natura
  • from the series On Being Aware of Nature
Date1955–84
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 × 15 7/8 in. (30.5 × 40.4 cm)
 Sheet: 12 × 15 7/8 in. (30.5 × 40.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mike and Mickey Marvins
Object number2014.940
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
DescriptionMario Giacomelli’s principal subjects were the people, villages, and landscapes in and around his native Senigallia, Italy, in the region known as Le Marche. His prints are highly graphic, often eliminating details in the shadows and highlights to amplify what he saw as postwar decay and depletion. There is, however, beauty in his starkness and occasional joy among the inhabitants. In his image Le Mie Marche, the variously plowed fields that crisscross rolling hills evoke a patchwork quilt of stark patterns.
ProvenanceThe artist, Italy; purchased by Michael Marvins and Michele Marvins, Houston; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“A Photographer’s Collection: Gifts from Michael and Michele Marvins,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 4–July 5, 2015.

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