Mario Giacomelli
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Selected Works386

Museum Acquisitions

MoMA
MoMA
MoMA
MoMA
Met
Met
Met
NGA Washington
NGA Washington
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Previous Sales 72

Sotheby's
Selected Images (Aerial Landscapes)
Selected Images (Aerial Landscapes)
£1,600 ($3k USD)
May 2022
Christie's
I have no hands to caress my face, 1958
I have no hands to caress my face, 1958
$6,250
Oct 2021
Sotheby's
Paesaggio 230 (Landscape)
Paesaggio 230 (Landscape)
$2,800
Oct 2021
Christie's
There are no hands to caress my face, circa 1961
There are no hands to caress my face, circa 1961
£3,500 ($5k USD)
Oct 2012
Christie's
Earth stories, circa 1980
Earth stories, circa 1980
£1,875 ($2k USD)
Oct 2012
Christie's
Un uomo una donna un amore (A man, a woman, one love), circa 1960-1961
Un uomo una donna un amore (A man, a woman, one love), circa 1960-1961
£3,750 ($5k USD)
Jun 2012
Christie's
Lourdes, circa 1957-1959
Lourdes, circa 1957-1959
£3,750 ($5k USD)
Jun 2012
Christie's
riests, 1961
riests, 1961
£6,000 ($8k USD)
Nov 2011
Christie's
Scanno Boy, Italy, 1957
Scanno Boy, Italy, 1957
$5,250
Dec 2010
Christie's
Landscape, 1955-1980
Landscape, 1955-1980
£5,625 ($7k USD)
May 2010
Christie's
Priests, 1963
Priests, 1963
£4,375 ($6k USD)
May 2010
Christie's
Landscape, 1982
Landscape, 1982
£2,500 ($3k USD)
May 2010
Christie's
Landscape, 1980
Landscape, 1980
£2,500 ($3k USD)
May 2010
Christie's
There Are No Hands to Caress My Face, 1961-63
There Are No Hands to Caress My Face, 1961-63
£6,875 ($9k USD)
Nov 2008
Christie's
Scanno, 1957-59
Scanno, 1957-59
£5,625 ($7k USD)
May 2008
Christie's
There Are No Hands to Caress My Face, 1961-63
There Are No Hands to Caress My Face, 1961-63
£4,000 ($5k USD)
May 2008
Christie's
On Being Aware of Nature, 1954-1974
On Being Aware of Nature, 1954-1974
£3,000 ($4k USD)
May 2008
Christie's
Death Will Come and It Will Have Your Eyes, 1954-83
Death Will Come and It Will Have Your Eyes, 1954-83
£3,000 ($4k USD)
May 2008
Christie's
Paesaggio
Paesaggio
$1,410
Oct 2001
Christie's
PAESAGGIO, [LANDSCAPE], CIRCA 1970, PRINTED LATER
PAESAGGIO, [LANDSCAPE], CIRCA 1970, PRINTED LATER
£1,725 ($2k USD)
Oct 1998
Christie's
PRETINI [LITTLE PRIESTS], CIRCA 1963, PRINTED LATER
PRETINI [LITTLE PRIESTS], CIRCA 1963, PRINTED LATER
£920 ($1k USD)
Oct 1998
Phillips
La Gente
La Gente
$22,860
Hôtel Drouot
Motivo suggesto dal Talglio dell'albero circa 1967-1968 Photographie argentique sur papier portant le tampon de l'artiste au dos, tirage d'époque 38 x 29,5 cm Provenance : > Galerie Christophe Gaillar
Motivo suggesto dal Talglio dell'albero circa 1967-1968 Photographie argentique sur papier portant le tampon de l'artiste au dos, tirage d'époque 38 x 29,5 cm Provenance : > Galerie Christophe Gaillar, 1925
Unknown
May 2026
Swann Auction Galleries
La Buona Terra [The Good Earth]. 1964-65; printed 1970s.
La Buona Terra [The Good Earth]. 1964-65; printed 1970s.
Unknown
Apr 2026
Swann Auction Galleries
Lo non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto (I have no hands to caress my face). 1961-63; printed 1980s
Lo non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto (I have no hands to caress my face). 1961-63; printed 1980s
$5,250
Dec 2024

For Sale 2

Robert Klein Gallery · Artsy
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, 1974
US$2,500–US$5,000
Vintage gelatin silver print
Robert Klein Gallery · Artsy
Pretini
Pretini, 1962
US$15,000
Gelatin silver print
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Market542 auction results

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$704 – $22.9K
50 of 60 photographs lots with prices
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$3.8K
Object-type specific
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$2.5K
50 priced photographs lots
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May 2026 · $2.1K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
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Photographs: $2.5K medianEditioned photos: $1.9K medianBooks/portfolios: $1.1K medianUnclassified lots: — median
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Publications1

Monograph 1

Mario Giacomelli
Phaidon Press · 2006
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Recent News1

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The Must-See Exhibitions in Milan During Art Week 2026
Milan Art Week 2026 features a series of major solo exhibitions across the city's premier contemporary art institutions. Fondazione Prada is hosting s…
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Past Exhibitions6

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#2,613 ATLAS Gallery

Legacy of Light: 200 Years of Photography

Paul Strand, Irving Penn, Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bill Brandt, Elliott Erwitt, Mario Giacomelli, Dorothea Lange, Daido Moriyama, Steve Schapiro, Harry Benson, Margaret Bourke-White, Patrick Demarchelier, William Klein, Saul Leiter, Marc Riboud, W. Eugene Smith, Yamamoto Masao, Alexander Rodchenko, Andreas Feininger, Franco Fontana, Horst P. Horst, Tina Modotti, Jeanloup Sieff, Willy Ronis, Steve McCurry, Barry Lategan, Eve Arnold, Thomas Hoepker, Joe Rosenthal, John Dominis, David Bailey, Herbert George Ponting, Leni Riefenstahl, Alberto Korda, Lewis Morley, Rudolf Koppitz, Jürgen Schadeberg, Terence Donovan, Iain Macmillan, Cornell Capa, George Hoyningen-Huene, Harold Edgerton

49 Dorset St, London W1U 7NF, United Kingdom

Mar 27, 2026 — May 30, 2026

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#7,071 Ostlicht. Gallery for Photography

MARIO GIACOMELLI L'INFINITO

Mario Giacomelli

Absberggasse 27

Feb 6, 2026 — Mar 7, 2026

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Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Mario Giacomelli: La Gente, La Terra

Mario Giacomelli

1130 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA

Jan 1, 2026

Mario Giacomelli: La Gente, La Terra Through February 15, 2026 Photography was a lifelong experiment for Giacomelli. Through innovative development technique...

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#2,431 Danziger Gallery

Mario Giacomelli's "Paesaggio"

Mario Giacomelli

952 5th Ave # 2D, New York, NY 10075, USA

Jun 9, 2025 — Jul 31, 2025

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#1,989 Black Box Projects

Mario Giacomelli: Revisited

Mario Giacomelli

4 Cromwell Place

Jun 28, 2021 — Aug 22, 2021

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#245 Bruce Silverstein Gallery

Mario Giacomelli Earthly Inferno

Mario Giacomelli

529 W 20th St 4th Floor, New York, NY 10011, United States

Feb 22, 2007 — Mar 31, 2007

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Art Fair Appearances4

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Paris Photo — Paris
2025
Paris Photo — Paris
2016
Paris Photo — Paris
2015
Photo London — London
2015
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Recent Activity15

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News
Le mostre da non perdere a Milano durante i giorni dell’Art Week 2026
Apr 13, 2026
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Exhibition
Legacy of Light: 200 Years of Photography
Mar 27, 2026
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Exhibition
MARIO GIACOMELLI L'INFINITO
Feb 6, 2026
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Exhibition
Mario Giacomelli: La Gente, La Terra
Jan 1, 2026
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Art Fair
Paris Photo 2025
Nov 13, 2025
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Exhibition
Mario Giacomelli. Papaveri Rossi
Oct 15, 2025
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Exhibition
Mario Giacomelli's "Paesaggio"
Jun 9, 2025
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Exhibition
Mario Giacomelli: Revisited
Jun 28, 2021
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Art Fair
Paris Photo 2016
Nov 10, 2016
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Art Fair
Paris Photo 2015
Nov 12, 2015
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Art Fair
Photo London 2015
May 21, 2015
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Exhibition
Mario Giacomelli Earthly Inferno
Feb 22, 2007
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death
Mario Giacomelli dies
Jan 1, 2000
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Exhibition
Mario Giacomelli Photographs
Jul 7, 1994
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birth
Mario Giacomelli born
Jan 1, 1925
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