Mario Giacomelli
Le Mie Marche

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Artist Mario Giacomelli Italian, 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

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Marvins Family Collections

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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