Italy - Photography

A rare unique panoramic format photograph of an iconic summer beach scene along the Mediterranean coast of Tuscany by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the summer rites and rituals of modern leisure. Published in March 2024 on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his beach project, Massimo Vitali selected this never published work for a special 30th Anniversary panoramic edition: Viareggio Pano (1999) 42” x 93” / 106 x 236cm (framed) limited edition of 12 + 2AP signed, titled, dated certificate of authenticity original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in light grey lacquered gallery frame Each original photograph is printed at the artist studio in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (12 + 2AP), signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at a renowned art framing facility in Germany specializing in large scale art photography works. Disclaimer of authenticity: although it is possible to acquire (smaller size) single page offset prints from the book "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" (published by Steidl) in the secondary market, the artist studio strongly dissuades collectors from purchasing these single page prints outside of the context and authenticity of the complete portfolio. _____________________ About the artist Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944. He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief, that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality, led to a change in his career path. He worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995. Over the next two decades, Vitali’s large scale works would become recognizable for his highly detailed, epic scale panoramas, sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure. His iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy. Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of the recreational habitats of modern civilization. Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and the just released Entering A New World. Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato. Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany). __________________________ SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024 Photolux Festival - Il Bel Paese? Palazzo Ducale, Lucca, Italy 2023 La Grande Oasi - The way we live, now OCA, Oasy Contemporary Art - Pistoia 2023 Standing Still Cortona On The Move, Arezzo, Italy 2022 Massimo Vitali PhotoESPANA Biblioteca Central Cantabria, Santander 2022 Endless Summer Edwin Hook Gallery, New York 2022 Massimo Vitali: Leporello 2020 Melbourne 2022 Ti ho visto Mazzoleni Gallery, Turin 2021 PienoVuoto Forte di Belvedere, Florence 2021 No Country For Old Men Visionarea Art Space, Rome 2020 Human Constellations Museo Ettore Fico, Turin 2019 Massimo Vitali: Short Stories Mazzoleni, London 2018 Coastal Colonies Spiral, Tokyo 2017 ‘Disturbed Coastal Systems’ Benrubi Gallery...

Serena Puppet - Vintage Photograph is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s. Puppetry of "Samson and Delilah" Good conditions with slight foxing.

Cicciolina Puppet - Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1980s. Good conditions with slight foxing.

Sara Puppet (Ciriaco De Mita) - Vintage Photograph is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s. Good conditions with slight foxing. Typed description in Italian o...

Khomeini Returning To Iran is a vintage black and white photograph realized on 2/01/79 in Tehran. Khomeini leader of the revolution of 1979 in Iran, came to Iran, after 15 years of ...

VI 04-22 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Riccardo Varini. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in only one size: *30 × 45...

Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s. Very good condition.

Vintage b/w photograph realized by Dennis Stock in 1950. Copyright: Magnum Photos and Agenzia Contrasto. Excellent condition.

Vintage Photo. The British Actor Stewart Granger and his wife.

Presenze is a print realized by Franco Fontana, in 1981. Offset print. Rondanini Galleria D'arte Contemporanea - Roma. Coloured poster from a photograph by Franco Fontana (Modena, ...

Xie Kitchin as Dane is an original vintage photograph realized in 1873 by Lewis Carroll (Daresbury, January 27, 1832 - Guildford, January 14, 1898). Original albumen print on postcard; dimensions: 14 x 10 cm. N° 2132 "The Dane manuscript" was written by the author in pencil on the back. Provenance: Jeffrey Stern Bookseller York UK. Certificate of Athenticity: provided by the Original Gallery. Framed in a coeval frame. Mint conditions. Lewis Carroll (Daresbury, January 27, 1832 - Guildford, January 14, 1898) in 1873. This work depicts the figure of Xie (Alexandra) Kitchin as "Dane", a standing children with an elegant dress and headgear. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy. The poems "Jabberwocky" and The Hunting of the Snark are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer, inventor, and Anglican deacon. Carroll came from a family of high-church Anglicans, and developed a long relationship with Christ Church, Oxford, where he lived for most of his life as a scholar and teacher. Alice Liddell, daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, Henry Liddell, is widely identified as the original for Alice in Wonderland, though Carroll always denied this. Scholars are divided about whether his relationship with children included an erotic component. In 1982, a memorial stone...

Vintage Photograph of one of the biggest conductor of all the times after Kleiber and Bernstein, Herbert Von Karajan. cm 17.5 x 11.5. Overleaf: "As...

Vintage poster realized by Galleria Rondanini (Rome, Italy) in offset technique, in occasion of the Exhibition of the photographer Mimmo Jodice. Very good...

This beautiful photograph Light 3 was shot by the Italian photographer Sofia Mattioli. From the series The lights I see since you are gone, limited edition of 50 copies in Arab numb...

Sardinia is a photograph taken by Amanda Ludovisi in 2018. It represents a tranquil wave by the shore in Sardinia, which delicate colors. This is a gi...

Views of Chefoo is a lot of four albumen prints made by unknown photographer. Prints in excellent condition, applied on a single cardboard. Caption in Italian ink hand-written on h...

Vintage photograph realized in 1970s. Excellent condition.

In February and March 1974, for a period of 40 days, a 820-foot long section of the Aurelian Walls was wrapped in polypropylene and rope, covering both sides, the top and the arches of the wall. Forty construction workers completed the temporary work of art in four days. Christo Vladimirov Javachev (Christo) and his wife Jeanne-Claude are famous for making impressive and often controversial art installations. Their works include the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont Neuf in Paris, a Roman wall...

Francesca Woodman is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist and photographer Angelo Cricchi in 2008. Original Digital Photograph. Hand...

Vintage b/w photograph realized by Eve Arnold in 1960s. Copyright: Magnum Photos and Agenzia Contrasto. Excellent condition.

S 12-14 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Riccardo Varini. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in two sizes: *20 × 30 cm (...

Vintage poster realized by Galleria Rondanini (Rome, Italy) in offset technique, in occasion of the Exhibition of the photographer Mimmo Jodice. Very good condition.

Pair of vintage b/w photographs realized by George Hurrel in 1980s. Excellent condition.

Vintage b/w photograph realized by Lewis Morley in 1989. Copyright and provenance: Playboy. Stamp on rear. Excellent condition.

Vintage b/w photograph realized by Philippe Halsman in 1955. Copyright Magnum Photos and Agenzia Contrasto Excellent condition.

Vintage b/w photograph realized in 1980s. Excellent condition.

This beautiful photograph Light 2 was shot by the Italian photographer Sofia Mattioli. From the series The lights I see since you are gone, limited edition of 50 copies in Arab numb...

Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona wearing the Napoli shirt. Very good condition.

Vintage Photo of Painting is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.  The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulously captured. Good...

Rare old black and white photograph on sepia paper, depicts three children watching Santa Claus from the window.

Vintage Photo. Harrison Ford, Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver, the lead cast of "Working Girl". Good condition.

Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona. Very good condition.

Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona. Very good condition.

Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona wearing the Napoli shirt. Very good condition.

Chefoo view of Settlement is an albumen print made by an unidentified photographic studio. Print in excellent condition, applied to hardcover. The photographer's name is printed on ...

Lady Diana and Prince Harry is a vintage black and white Photograph realized in the 1980s. Good conditions. The description on the rear.

Vintage Photo of Painting is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.  The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulously captured. Good...

Dwa Teatry (Two Theatres), is a vintage poster realized by Unknown Artist, in 1974. Mixed colored offset print. The artwork represented a poster for Polish play "Dwa Teatry" (Two ...

Presenze is a print realized by Franco Fontana, in 1981. Offset print. Rondanini Galleria D'arte Contemporanea - Roma. Coloured poster from a photograph by Franco Fontana (Modena, ...

Vampire is an original photograph realized by Plinio Martelli in 2000s. The artwork represents a vampire woman. Excellent conditions. Hand-signed and...

This beautiful photograph Light 6 was shot by the Italian photographer Sofia Mattioli. From the series The lights I see since you are gone, limited edition of 50 copies in Arab numb...

VI 03-22 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Riccardo Varini. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in only one size: *30 × 45...

Vintage Photo. Italian actors Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante in a scene from the movie "Le due vite di Mattia Pascal", directed by Mario Monicelli.

S 07-09 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Riccardo Varini. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in two sizes: *20 × 30 cm (...

This beautiful photograph Light 10 was shot by the Italian photographer Sofia Mattioli. From the series The lights I see since you are gone, limited edition of 50 copies in Arab num...

U.S. Ski Resorts- Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series of American life in the 20th Century. With the...

Gaddafi revolutionary poster on a building is an original black and white photograph realized by Italian photographer Luigi Marcelletti in the e...

Game Lover, Olympic Games Beijing 2008 is an original Photo realized by Matteo Basilé. This artwork is from the portfolio The Unique Collection for the O...

Associated Press Photo, Jawaharlal Nehru and Nikita Sergeevič Chruščëv, 1955. Rare b/w photo of Nehru, the First Minister of India (1947-1964), spiri...

The Vettore that is mirrored is one of the best photo on canvas realized by Giuseppe Marani in 2010. Always passionate about landscapes and photography, the artist then devoted hims...

This photograph Expired_14_2020 was taken by the Italian photographer Serena Zeppilli. It is part of the series "I was looking for something that I...

A President Fishes- Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the 1950s in a series of American life in the 20th Century, and representing t...

Original black and white photograph of the 1989 with the portrait of the famous artist. Hand signed in the lower center by Jannis Kounellis. Photograph by Claudio Abate...

Panel B - Brutality of Creation (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. Signed by the artist on a sticker label Edition 6 + 2 AP - E...

Vintage photograph realized in 1970s. Excellent condition.

Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s. Copyright by Agenzia Giornalistica Italia. Very good condition.

Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s. Very good condition.

Vintage black and white photograph. 1970s. Copyright by Dufoto. Very good condition.

Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s. Copyright by Giornalfoto. Very good condition.

Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s. Excellent condition.