Drawings

Salvatore Fiume gave great importance to drawing which he worked at constantly, from the age of eight until the last months of his life. In his drawings Fiume experimented with and developed the themes that he then transferred to and developed in his paintings, sculpture and architecture: from the island of statues to the models, from the bullfights to the hypotheses and the Japanese Poems. Moreover, drawing for him was a universe in which to experiment and create forms. This can be seen from entire cycles of drawings - for example the cycle dedicated to the theme Susanna and the old men - which do not appear elsewhere in his work.

		City of statues 1959 ballpoint on paper 35x25 cm
		Wrestling horses 1982 felt tip on African paper 70x100 cm
		Gathering of Sabine women 1948 ink on paper 24x35 cm
		Grouse 1965 ballpoint on paper 24x34 cm
		Centaur 1972 felt tip on paper 17x25 cm
		Horsegirls at the railings 1975 ballpoint on paper 39.5x30.5 cm
		The women of the Anthropotaurus 1974 ink and ballpoint on paper 61x45.5 cm
		Wrestling anthropotauri 1964 ink on paper 57x41.5 cm
		Faun 1968 felt tip and ballpoint on cardboard 70x50 cm
		Monumental bas-relief 1971 ink on paper 23.5x15.5 cm
		Dionysian dance 1962 blue ballpoint on paper 28x22 cm
		Imaginary atelier 1964 ink on paper 50x70 cm
		Encounter in the atelier 1963 ink on paper 50x70 cm
		The cock and his lover 1966 ink on paper 34x30 cm
		Mythical seduction 1950 ballpoint on paper 50x70 cm
		The bewitching arm-chair 1946 Indian ink 24x35 cm
		Don Xijote 1954 ballpoint on paper 17.5x25 cm
		Bull and woman 1970 felt tip on African paper 70x50 cm
		Bull and woman 1972 felt tip on African paper 70x50 cm
		Embrace 1970 felt tip on African paper 70x50 cm
		Susanna and the old men 1971 pastel on cardboard 56x38 cm
		Susanna and the old men 1971 pastel on cardboard 56x38 cm
		Susanna and the old men 1971 pastel con cardboard 56x38 cm
		Susanna and the old men 1971 pastel on cardboard 56x38 cm
		Centaurs embracing each other 1963 pastel on cardboard 56.5x38.5
		Cock and woman 1965 felt tip on cardboard 56.5x38.5
		The surprise 1972 felt tip on cardboard 61x39 cm
		Woman and cock 1963 felt tip on cardboard 56.5x38.5 cm
		Atelier 1961 felt tip on wall paper 60x50 cm
		Arena 1963 felt tip on African paper 70x50 cm