MARIO GIACOMELLI (1925–2000) Lot n° 76

MARIO GIACOMELLI (1925–2000) 'Pretini' (Dancing Priests), Italy 1961–63 Image Size: 18 x 12,6 cm Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1980s on double-weight semi-matte paper, in excellent condition. From the series "Io non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto" (There are no hands to caress my face). Signed in ballpoint pen in the lower right image, annotated in pencil "Opera originale realizzata da: Mario Giacomelli, cod. catalogazione: B021292, Firma per autentica:" and signed by the artist's son Simone Giacomelli on the reverse. LITERATURE Alessandra Mauro (ed.), Mario Giacomelli. The Black is waiting for the White, Rome 2009, p. 236; Alistair Crawford, Mario Giacomelli, London 2001, p. 224f.