Manuel Izquierdo (1925-2009)Izquierdo, Manuel (1925-2009)2022-07-202022-07-202011.035.011; Sculpturehttps://hdl.handle.net/10177/19774In life as well as in art, Manuel Izquierdo was infatuated with Venus, the goddess of love. He created a variety of Venuses (three versions are included in this exhibition)-as clay models, wood carvings, metal casts, and welded metal pieces. He identified his goddesses of love as specifically Iberian, in reference to the Spanish mainland of his birth and childhood.Image22.25"" x 10.5"" x 37.5""BronzeFor use information see: http://www.willamette.edu/arts/hfma/collections/copyright.html