''The Dreamer'', or simply ''Dreamer'', is an outdoor 1979 muntz

bronze sculpture Bronze is the most popular metal for Casting (metalworking), cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs, and small statuettes and figurines, as w ...

and fountain of a reclining woman by

Manuel Izquierdo Manuel Izquierdo (September 26, 1925 – July 17, 2009) was a sculptor and woodcut artist. He is best known for his abstract, organic welded-metal sculptural forms and his sturdy woodcut prints. Izquierdo was born Manuel Izquierdo Torres in M ...

, installed at

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, United States. It is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the

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, which administers the work.

Description and history

's ''The Dreamer'' was funded by the

Portland Development Commission Prosper Portland, formerly the Portland Development Commission (PDC), is the community development corporation created by the city of Portland, Oregon. It promotes development, housing projects and economic development within the city's eleven urba ...

and installed at

(Southwest 3rd Avenue between Market Street and Harrison Street) in

downtown Portland Downtown Portland is the city center of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is on the west bank of the Willamette River in the northeastern corner of the southwest section of the city and where most of the city's high-rise buildings are found. ...

in 1979.

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contributor Roger Hull described the sculpture as a "flowing, abstract form poised on a geometric base sited in a pool of water. Organic and voluptuous, it is a modern river goddess. Izquierdo's faultlessly drop-welded seams (internal to the work and thus invisible) give the piece a taut clarity despite its sensuousness." Izquierdo purchased and cleaned surplus Navy bronze, then filled the sculpture with foam so that falling rain would create a "gentle sound like a kettledrum", rather than a ringing sound produced from rain hitting a hollow structure. He has said the work "speaks of hope, of beauty and serenity, of love, and for a better life in our midst". ''The Dreamer'' is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the

, which administers the sculpture.

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Fountains of Portland
Museum of the City
Pettygrove
at the Cultural Landscape Foundation
"The Dreamer" – Pettygrove Park – Portland, Oregon
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