ODALISQUE
WITH FERRARI
Artist:
Salvatore Fiume
Technique:
oil on masonite
Base:
100cm
Height:
72cm
The work
Odalisques–from the Turkish odalik, maid–were virgin slaves who during the Ottoman Empire were given to the powerful of the court as concubines; very young, beautiful and illibate girls who went on to augment the harems of the sheikhs, and in some cases–as in fairy tales–married them.
Additional information
Oil on masonite, signed in original by the artist.
Edition: one piece
Base: 100 cm
Height: 72 cm
The artist
Born in Comiso, Sicily, on October 23, 1915, Salvatore Fiume was a painter, sculptor, architect, writer and stage designer.
In 1936, after completing his studies, he went to Milan, where he met artists and intellectuals including Dino Buzzati and Salvatore Quasimodo (Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959), with whom he became friends.
Fiume died in Milan on June 3, 1997.
