Between Profiles

Title: Between Profiles
LC Subject: Prints--Technique Print makers Wood-engraving printmaking woodcut (process) woodcuts (prints)
Creator: Izquierdo, Manuel, 1925-2009
Description: A black and white print of various animals, human figures, and human body parts. Some of the animals include a panda, a zebra, and a dog. There are three acrobats on the right side of the piece and a small portion of two human faces on each side. Between Profiles; woodcut; (20 x 28 inches); ' 76; IzqM9211307 Manuel Izquierdo was born in Madrid, Spain, and fled to the United States settling in Portland, Oregon in 1943. While he was in high school Manuel was encouraged to pursue wood-cuts by Lloyd Reynolds, the well-known calligrapher. In 1951 Manuel graduated from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and soon after became a professor there. Manuel Izquierdo received the Oregon Governor's Award in 1991 and has exhibited work both in the Northwest and nationally, including a ten-year retrospective at the Portland Art Museum in 1967. Having completed many commissions his sculpture can be seen in a variety of Portland public spaces such as Pettygrove Square. His work is in collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum in Pennsylvania, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Portland Art Museum. The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/
Location: The Valley Library >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 121 The Valley Library, Corvallis Oregon
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: 1995_osu_valley-library_31_a01
Accession Number: 1995_osu_valley-library_31_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Izquierdo, Manuel
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 17 x 25 inches
Material: Printmaking; woodcut
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1995 - 1997 Biiennium Valley Library Oregon State University, Corvallis Oregon 1995_osu_valley-library
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
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Color Space: RGB