Carol Summers

Carol Summers- "Kali Gandaki"- Blue Toned Canyon Landscape Edition 38/100 1983

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Material

Woodcut Print

About

Blue and green toned woodcut print of a canyon with a river flowing in between the cliffs. Image is printed on paper. Framed in a black frame with a white matte.

Artist Biography

Carol Summers born in 1925 in New York, he is widely known for his works created from woodcuts. He recived his bachelors of arts from Bard College in 1951. He studied with Stefen Hirsch and Louis Schanker. His process of print making was dubbed the "Carol Summers Technique." He would soak large blocks of wood in ink than placed the patterns on one side of the paper in order to create shapes visible from the other side of the paper. Summer's work is shown in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Brooklyn Museum, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. He died at the age of 90 in 2016 in his home in California.

Dimensions With Frame

H 45 in. x W 45 in. x D 2 in.

Dimensions Without Frame

H 37 in. x W 37 in.