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You searched for: Start Over Creator Izquierdo, Manuel, 1925-2009 Remove constraint Creator: Izquierdo, Manuel, 1925-2009 Topic printmaking Remove constraint Topic: printmaking Region Benton County >> Oregon >> United States Remove constraint Region: Benton County >> Oregon >> United States

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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., http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/izquierdo.html, 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/