Massimo Listri travels his native Italy and the world with his camera, photographing grand interior spaces both iconic and unexpected.
Listri's landscape photography and large-scale color prints invite viewers into the settings he frames; these include ancient castles, villas, palaces, gardens, libraries, convents, monasteries, and universities. He has taken viewers into the ornate hallways of Versailles, as well as the treasure-laden galleries of the Vatican museums. From Brazil, Listri brought back images taken at art museums, a cathedral, and a theater designed by Oscar Niemeyer, among many other architecturally iconic sites.
Though Listri focuses on the grand, he has also homed in on details in an expressive series of closely framed photographs of sculpted faces. Captured frontally or in profile, these carved faces range from grotesque to idealized and serve to celebrate the power of the artist’s hand.
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Massimo Listri 'Fortuny, Venezia'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Fortuny, Venezia 2022 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches (100 x 120 cm) edition of 5 - $12,500 47.5 x 59 inches (120 x 150 cm) e...
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Massimo Listri 'Chiesa del Purgatorio, Matera'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Chiesa del Purgatorio, Matera 2018 C print 39.5 x 47.5 inches - edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inches - edition of 5 71 x 88.5 inches - edition of 5 Massimo Listri is a Florence-based photographer whose work often presents interiors of great architectural and cultural importance, some open to the public, others not easily accessible. Listri has been described as an extraordinary 'sceneographer', a term more commonly associated with movies and theater. He has photographed ancient castles, villas and palaces, as well as hidden gardens...
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Hearst Castle, Princina Coperta, opera
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Hearst Castle, Princina Coperta, opera, 2016 C print Edition of 5 cm 100X120 120X150 180X225 inches 39.40x47.28 47.28x59.10 70.92x88.65 Massimo Listr...
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Massimo Listri 'Fortuny, Venezia'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Fortuny, Venezia 2022 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches (100 x 120 cm) edition of 5 - $12,500 47.5 x 59 inches (120 x 150 cm) e...
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Massimo Listri, 'Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti Firenze'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti Firenze 2008 C-print Edition of 5 Signed, titled and numbered on verso “His photographs are theorems of human absence ...” (Vittorio Sgarbi) Bor...
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Massimo Listri 'Castello di Rivoli III - Torino'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Castello di Rivoli III - Torino "What makes his work unique is how he has made interiors look so absolutely vivid, as if they had a secret life of their own that only he knows how t...
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Massimo Listri 'Biblioteca di Strahov, Praga'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri is a Florence-based photographer whose work often presents interiors of great architectural and cultural importance, some open to the public, others not easily accessi...
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Massimo Listri, 'Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti Firenze'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti Firenze 2008 C-print Edition of 5 Signed, titled and numbered on verso “His photographs are theorems of human absence ...” (Vittorio Sgarbi) Born in Florence in 1953, even as a child Massimo Listri busied himself with the photographic medium, and when he was an art student he supplied many photographs to periodicals devoted to art, architecture and interior design. "What makes his work unique is how he has made interiors look so absolutely vivid, as if they had a secret life of their own that only he knows how to portray. Listri has the extraordinary ability to capture all the small details that make the difference and reveal all the stories that remain hidden behind the surface. Listri's photos transmit an almost deafening silence, as if time had stopped and humans had suddenly disappeared and the only thing reminiscent of them are the interiors they've left behind, the remains of their lives and their passions, their art and their culture." Apostolos Mitsios His work has been presented in many solo exhibitions throughout the world, including: the Palazzo Reale, Milan (2008), the Palazzo Pitti, Florence (2009), the Morgan Library and Museum, New York (2010), the National Library of Taipei (2012), the Italian Institute of Culture, Tokyo (2012), the Museum of Modern Art of Bogota (2012), the Museum of Italian Art, Lima (2012), the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art (2012), the “living art gallery”, Santiago de Chile (2013), the Galeria Nacional de Bellas Artes, Dominican Re- public (2013), the Schusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow (2013), the Museo Nacional San Carlos, Mexico City (2014), the Benaki Museum...
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Massimo Listri, 'Galleria Sabauda, Torino'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Galleria Sabauda, Torino 2014 C-Print edition of 5 Signed numbers and dated on verso “His photographs are theorems of human absence ...” (Vittorio Sgarbi) Born in Florence in 1953, even as a child Massimo Listri busied himself with the photographic medium, and when he was an art student he supplied many photographs to periodicals devoted to art, architecture and interior design. "What makes his work unique is how he has made interiors look so absolutely vivid, as if they had a secret life of their own that only he knows how to portray. Listri has the extraordinary ability to capture all the small details that make the difference and reveal all the stories that remain hidden behind the surface. Listri's photos transmit an almost deafening silence, as if time had stopped and humans had suddenly disappeared and the only thing reminiscent of them are the interiors they've left behind, the remains of their lives and their passions, their art and their culture." Apostolos Mitsios His work has been presented in many solo exhibitions throughout the world, including: the Palazzo Reale, Milan (2008), the Palazzo Pitti, Florence (2009), the Morgan Library and Museum, New York (2010), the National Library of Taipei (2012), the Italian Institute of Culture, Tokyo (2012), the Museum of Modern Art of Bogota (2012), the Museum of Italian Art, Lima (2012), the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art (2012), the “living art gallery”, Santiago de Chile (2013), the Galeria Nacional de Bellas Artes, Dominican Re- public (2013), the Schusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow (2013), the Museo Nacional San Carlos, Mexico City (2014), the Benaki Museum...
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Archivio Banco di Napoli II
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo di Ostankino, Mosca, 2015 Chromogenic print Edition of 5 Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label Mounted on aluminum framing options available 39.5 x 47.5 inches edit...
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Massimo Listri 'Palazzo Reale III, Venezia'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Palazzo Reale III, Venezia 2022 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches (100 x 120 cm) edition of 5 - $12,500 47.5 x 59 inches (120 x...
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Massimo Listri 'Palazzo Ca' d'Oro I, Venezia'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Palazzo Ca' d'Oro I, Venezia 2022 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches (100 x 120 cm) edition of 5 - $12,500 47.5 x 59 inches (120...
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Massimo Listri 'Palazzo Reale II, Venezia'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Palazzo Reale II, Venezia 2022 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches (100 x 120 cm) edition of 5 - $12,500 47.5 x 59 inches (120 x ...
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Biblioteca St. Emmeram III, Regensburg, Germania
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Biblioteca St. Emmeram III, Regensburg, Germania 2016 C print signed and numbered edition of 5 The photographer is based in Florence, and is fascinated how his architectural subject...
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Massimo Listri, Reggia di Portici III, Napoli
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Reggia di Portici, III Napoli, 2013 Chromogenic print Edition of 5 Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label Mounted on aluminum, framed 39.5 x 47.5 inches edition of 5 47.5 x...
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Massimo Listri 'Palazzo Ducale di Massa'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo Ducale di Massa 1999 C print Edition of 5 180 x 225 mounted on aluminum (production, framing, and shipping takes approximately 4 weeks) Total edition available in three size...
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Massimo Listri, Palazzo Borromeo II, Isola Bella
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo Borromeo II, Isola Bella, 2018 C print 100 x 120 cm ( 39.5 x 47 inches) edition of 5 Signed and numbered on the verso label Also available 120 x ...
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'Tepic De Regil Yucatan Mexico' Massimo Listri
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Tepic De Regil Yucatan Messico 2011 Chromogenic print Edition of 5 Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label Mounted on aluminum Framing options available 39.5 x 47.5 inches ed...
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Massimo Listri 'Venaria Reale XIII Torino'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Venaria Reale XIII Torino, 2018 C-print Signed, titled, dated and numbered edition of 5 on artist's label on verso. The photographer is based in Florence, and is fascinated how h...
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Massimo Listri 'Museo Archeologico I, Napoli'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Museo Archeologico I, Napoli 2018 C print Signed and numbered on verso label 100 x 120 cm / 39.5 x 47.5 inches - edition of 5 120 x 150 cm / 47.5 x 59 inches - edition of 5 180 x 225...
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Massimo Listri 'Museo Archeologico III, Napoli'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Museo Archeologico III, Napoli 2018 C print Signed and numbered by the artist 39.5 x 47.5 inches - edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inches - edition of 5 71 x 88.5 inches - edition of 5 Massi...
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Massimo Listri 'Chiesa del Purgatorio, Matera'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Chiesa del Purgatorio, Matera 2018 C print 39.5 x 47.5 inches - edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inches - edition of 5 71 x 88.5 inches - edition of 5 Massimo Listri is a Florence-based photo...
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Massimo Listri Palazzo Ducale, Galleria degli Specchi, Mantova
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Palazzo Pitti a Firenze, Sala di Venere, 2018 C print Signed and numbered edition of 5 39.5 x 47 inches (100x120 cm) Edition of 5 47.5 × 59 inches (120x150 cm) Edit...
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Giardino e Grotta di Lainate Per Opera
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Giardino e Grotta di Lainate Per Opera, 2012 C print Edition of 5 cm 100 x 120, 120 x 150, 180 x 225 inch 39.40 x 47.28, 47.28 x 59.10, 70.92 x 88.65 Massimo Listri is a Floren...
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Massimo Listri, 'Palazzo Wittum, Weimar'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo Wittum, Weimar 1997 C-print Edition of 5 Signed, titled and numbered on verso Framed and mounted “His photographs are theorems of human absence ...” (Vittorio Sgarbi) Born...
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Biblioteca St. Emmeram III, Regensburg, Germania
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Biblioteca St. Emmeram III, Regensburg, Germania 2016 C print signed and numbered edition of 5 The photographer is based in Florence, and is fascinated how his architectural subject...
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Massimo Listri 'Venaria Reale II - Torino' (from Perspectives series)
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Venaria Reale II - Torino (from Perspectives series), 2007 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inches edi...
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Massimo Listri 'Fortuny, Venezia'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Fortuny, Venezia 2022 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches (100 x 120 cm) edition of 5 - $12,500 47.5 x 59 inches (120 x 150 cm) e...
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Massimo Listri 'Palazzo Reale IV, Venezia'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Palazzo Reale IV, Venezia 2022 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches (100 x 120 cm) edition of 5 - $12,500 47.5 x 59 inches (120 x ...
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Palazzo del Quirinale Portico del Cortile d'Onore
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo del Quirinale Portico del Cortile d'Onore 2015 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inches edition of 5 71 x...
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'Tepic De Regil Yucatan Mexico' Massimo Listri
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Tepic De Regil Yucatan Messico 2011 Chromogenic print Edition of 5 Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label Mounted on aluminum Framing options available 39.5 x 47.5 inches ed...
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Massimo Listri 'Opera National, Paris, France
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Opera National, Paris, France - French Interiors, 1996 Chromogenic print 100 x 120 cm Edition of 5 Italian, b. 1954, Florence, Italy, based in Florence, Italy Massimo Listri travels...
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Massimo Listri 'Castello di Stupinigi Torino'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Castello di Stupimigi, Torino, 2012 C-print Signed, titled, dated and numbered edition of 5 on artist's label on verso. Mounted and framed The photographer is based in Florence, and...
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Massimo Listri, Palazzo di Ostankino, Mosca
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo di Ostankino, Mosca, 2015 Chromogenic print Edition of 5 Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inches edition of 5 71 x...
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Massimo Listri 'Palazzo Grimani II, Venezia Vertical'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Palazzo Grimani II, Venezia 2022 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches (100 x 120 cm) edition of 5 - $12,500 47.5 x 59 inches (120 ...
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Reggia di Portici III, Napoli
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Reggia di Portici, III Napoli, 2013 Chromogenic print Edition of 5 Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label Mounted on aluminum, framed 39.5 x 47.5 inches edition of 5 47.5 x...
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Massimo Listri 'Palazzo Ducale II, Venezia'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Palazzo Ducale II, Venezia 2022 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches (100 x 120 cm) edition of 5 - $12,500 47.5 x 59 inches (120 x...
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Massimo Listri 'Leon Battista Alberti, Il Tempietto del Santo Sepolcro, Firenze'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Leon Battista Alberti, Il Tempietto del Santo Sepolcro, Firenze 2020 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches edition of 5 47.5 x 59 ...
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Castello di Rivoli II - Torino
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Castello di Rivoli II - Torino 2007 C print Edition of 5, plus AP signed and numbered on the verso label The Rivoli Castle was built in the 11th century on the morainic hill as ...
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Palazzo Ducale a Mantova
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo Ducale a Mantova, 1996 C print 100 x 120 cm, edition of 5 120 x 150 cm, edition of 5 180 x 225 cm, edition of 5 The photographer is based in Florence, and is fascinated how ...
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Massimo Listri 'Palazzo Altieri, Roma'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo Altieri, Roma 1997 C-print Signed, titled, dated and numbered edition of 5 on artist's label on verso. Mounted and framed The photographer is based in Florence, and is fasci...
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Massimo Listri 'Biblioteca Coimbra'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Biblioteca Coimbra 1992 c print edition of 5 Massimo Listri is a Florence-based photographer whose work often presents interiors of great architectural and cultural i...
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Massimo Listri Palazzo Ducale, Galleria degli Specchi, Mantova
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Palazzo Pitti a Firenze, Sala di Venere, 2018 C print Signed and numbered edition of 5 39.5 x 47 inches (100x120 cm) Edition of 5 47.5 × 59 inches (120x150 cm) Edit...
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Massimo Listri, Castello Racconigi
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
CASTELLO RACCONIGI 2007 Chromogenic print Edition of 5 Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label Mounted on aluminum Framing options available 39.5 x 47.5 inches edition of 5 ...
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Massimo Listri, Palazzo Borromeo II, Isola Bella
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo Borromeo II, Isola Bella, 2018 C print 180 x 225 cm ( 39.5 x 47 inches) edition of 5 Signed and numbered on the verso label The photographer is based in Florence, and is fa...
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Massimo Listri Palazzo Wittum, Weimar
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Palazzo Wittum, Weimar 1997 C print Signed and numbered edition of 5 39.5 x 47 inches (100x120 cm) Edition of 5 47.5 × 59 inches (120x150 cm) Edition of 5 71 x 88...
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Massimo Listri 'Casa Noha, Matera'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo Ducale Mantova 2017 C print 39.5 x 47.5 inches - edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inches - edition of 5 71 x 88.5 inches - edition of 5 Massimo Listri is a Florence-based photographer...
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Massimo Listri, 'Palazzo Wittum, Weimar'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo Wittum, Weimar 1997 C-print Edition of 5 Signed, titled and numbered on verso Framed and mounted “His photographs are theorems of human absence ...” (Vittorio Sgarbi) Born...
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Massimo Listri 'Palazzo Reale III, Venezia'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Palazzo Reale III, Venezia 2022 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches (100 x 120 cm) edition of 5 - $12,500 47.5 x 59 inches (120 x...
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Massimo Listri 'Chiesa del Purgatorio, Matera'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Chiesa del Purgatorio, Matera 2018 C print 39.5 x 47.5 inches - edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inches - edition of 5 71 x 88.5 inches - edition of 5 Massimo Listri is a Florence-based photo...
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Massimo Listri, 'Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti Firenze'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti Firenze 2008 C-print Edition of 5 Signed, titled and numbered on verso “His photographs are theorems of human absence ...” (Vittorio Sgarbi) Bor...
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Massimo Listri 'Grotta Verde I, Dresda'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Grotta Verde I, Dresda 2018 C print 39.5 x 47.5 inches - edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inches - edition of 5 71 x 88.5 inches - edition of 5 Massimo Listri is a Florence-based photographer...
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Massimo Listri, Torino 1 (under construction)
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Torino I (under construction), 2005 Chromogenic print Edition of 5 Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label Mounted on aluminum 39.5 x 47.5 inches edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inch...
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Massimo Listri, 'Galleria Sabauda, Torino'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Galleria Sabauda, Torino 2014 C-Print edition of 5 Signed numbers and dated on verso “His photographs are theorems of human absence ...” (Vittorio Sgarbi) Born in Florence in 195...
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Massimo Listri 'Biblioteca Marciana a Venezia'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Biblioteca di Ottobeuren in Germania 1994 c print edition of 5 Massimo Listri is a Florence-based photographer whose work often presents interiors of great architectu...
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Massimo Listri 'Palazzo Reale II, Venezia'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Palazzo Reale II, Venezia 2022 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches (100 x 120 cm) edition of 5 - $12,500 47.5 x 59 inches (120 x ...
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Castello di Rivoli II - Torino
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Castello di Rivoli II - Torino 2007 C print Edition of 5, plus AP signed and numbered on the verso label The Rivoli Castle was built in the 11th century on the morainic hill as ...
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Massimo Listri 'Braccio Nuovo, Musei Vaticani I'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Braccio Nuovo, Musei Vaticani I, 2011 C print edition of 5 39.5 x 47 inches Edition of 5 47.5 × 59 inches Edition of 5 71 x 88.75 inches Edition of 5 framing options also avai...
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Massimo Listri, Galleria degli Uffizi, Sala di Niobe II, Firenze
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri Uffizi XI, Firenze, 2009 C print Signed and numbered edition of 5 39.5 x 47 inches Edition of 5 47.5 × 59 inches Edition of 5 71 x 88.75 inches Edition of 5 Flor...
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Massimo Listri 'Palazzo del Quirinale Sala Napoleonica'
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo del Quirinale Sala Napoleonica 2015 C Print Signed, numbered, and dated on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inches edition of 5 71 x 88.5 inches edit...
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