I know next to nothing about this postcard; where I got it, how long I’ve had it, even the artwork itself, it’s all a mystery. This unused postcard was manufactured in Amsterdam and bears the legend “A. Carlos das Dores / Bad habit / air brush 1984″.
I do know that I’ve had it for several years, and that I must have liked it back then. I like it now, too, though my tastes today run a little more toward the classic. Nevertheless, this image says “art deco” to me, despite its more modern origin. Another thing I like about this image is that I have a bathtub like this one — although mine is empty just now.
Unfortunately, I’m not able to find any information online about the artist or this artwork. For all I know, A. Carlos das Dores is a street artist who got rooked out of the rights to his image for a pittance.
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:46 AM
I am sooo jealous of your giant clawfoot bathtub.
October 28th, 2010 at 7:57 AM
Carlos das Dores was a paintbrush artist who used to live in Amsterdam. In the seventies he was a colleague of mine at Tekart Perspectief in Amstelveen, where we made exploded views for manuals and artist impressions (paintbrush) for mainly machines. Mannesmann Demag was one of our main clients. Don’t know if Carlos is still alive.