Nationality
Portugese
Artist Dates
b. 1941
Preview
Date of Work
1978
Medium
Postcard
Height
4"
Width
6"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection, James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Stored: FF_012_C
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Manuel Casimiro is a postwar contemporary artist that was born in 1941 in Porto, Portugal. Casimiro devoted himself entirely to art after fighting in the Angolan war and becoming injured. He decided to live abroad mainly in France, Italy, and New York. He is best known for his paintings, sculptures, photography and film directing. Manuel Casimiro work has been featured in exhibitions at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art and the Centro De Arte Contemporáneo De Málaga. Manuel Casimiro is currently based out of Porto, Portugal.
Additional Information
Artist's Postcards Series II
Title translates to "Oedipus explaining the enigma." A photo of the painting "Oedipus and the Sphinx."
UND Art Collections owns 1 copy of this postcard.
Postcard Reverse
Text in upper left hand corner of postcard:
Manuel Casimiro
Oedipe expliquant l'énigme
Mixed media
© Artists' Postcards 1978, N.Y.C.
Text in top center of postcard:
Artists' Postcards Logo
Text in bottom left of postcard:
Exhibited at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design, Fall 1978
Four address lines are located on the bottom right side of the postcard.
Condition
Very good
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”