Mario Giacomelli (1925–2000) - Storie di Terra

Artist: Mario Giacomelli

This photograph most likely belongs to Mario Giacomelli's mature period in the mid-1970s, a time when the photographer worked extensively on the abstraction of the natural landscape and isolated trees, transforming them almost into graphic signs.

It is plausible to place this work within the Storie di terra series (1960s–1980s).
This series is not always rigidly closed and includes many images of trees, fields and Marche landscapes photographed in an extremely high-contrast manner. Some shots of isolated trees from the 1970s are very rare and not always published in the main books.
Many scholars consider these images as variants or autonomous episodes within the landscape research.

Technique: Vintage gelatin silver print
Photo dimensions: 22 x 35.5 cm
Dimensions with matting: 40 x 50 cm

Print date: contemporary with the date of the shot.
Series date: mid-1970s

On the back of the photograph there is the stamp of the Mario Giacomelli Heirs as a mark of guarantee, certifying its originality.

The tree appears as: a nervous organism
an explosion of light, an expressive gesture
Almost a symbolic self-portrait of nature.
In the 1970s Giacomelli tended to push the landscape toward abstraction, bringing it closer to informal painting.

Rarity of the shot

Isolated trees of this kind appear in a few negatives, are often not included in the best-known series, circulate in limited editions or personal archives.
For this reason, similar images are considered less common compared to the more famous series.

Very good condition, there are some visible signs under oblique light.
(the images you see refer to the work for sale).

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