Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 21 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1925 - 2016 Edition:192/220 Reference: Summers, 31 Condition: Hinge residue at top corners verso, away from the image. Repaired tear in upper corner margin. Creasing throughout in the tissue thin paper.
#51403
Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 30 x 30 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1925 - 2016 Date finished: 2010 Edition: 10/100 Reference: Summers 255
Recommended by Emma (Marketing & Communications Manager): "It's unusual for Carol Summers, known for his bold color palettes, to create a monochromatic woodcut. In our increasingly digital world, the RGB version of indigo permeates our lives as the go-to color for hyperlinks and other mundane digital functions. In Las Cascadeas De Tamasopo Summers reminds me of indigo's richness and beauty. This print makes me crave the pigment and everything I associate with it - summertime, Mediterranean waters, ceramics painted by hand. I feel enthralled as if I am seeing color for the first time."
Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 30 x 30 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1925 - 2016 Date finished: 1997 Edition: 38/75 Reference: Summers, 224
Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager):
"'Jungle Bouquet' brings me so much energy and joy. It takes Summers' signature bold colors and blurred lines even further so the tassels become hyper saturated red blobs. The proportions are complicated with huge palm trees fitting into a ceramic vase that occupies an entire stage setting. To me, these contradictions and oddities are just playful and inviting. I enjoy this piece at first glance every time I see it."
Medium: Color woodcut Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1925 - 2016 Date finished: 1962 Edition: 115/210 Reference: Summers, 49 Publisher: IGAS Condition: Faint hinging tape residue at top edge of sheet, verso.
#333083
Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 48 x 24 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1925 - 2016 Date finished: 2013 Edition: of 75 Reference: Summers, 256
Medium: Color woodcut Dimensions: 30 x 38 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1925 - 2016 Date finished: 1997 Edition: of 50 Reference: Summers, 223
Recommended by Rebecca:
(Gallery Associate):
This sublime example shows Carol's inventive woodblock printing technique that achieved a wonderful watercolor effect. To ensure that there were no hard edges, he loosely carved out shapes and used a rasp (file) to soften any sharp lines. He would then lay Japanese paper on the blocks and roll on the color following the relief area on the block. In conventional printing, the artist reverses the image on the blocks so that the resulting image is facing the correct direction. By using his special technique, Carol printed the blocks directly and did not have to reverse the image, so it was clear to him how the end product would look. After rolling on the inks, Carol blew solvent over the paper to further soften the edges and encourage the ink to stain or dye the paper. Sometimes he would print on the back of the paper first to lessen the absorbency of the paper and to give the solid color fields more variation. This is illustrated in the comet and the waterfalls in the hills.Davidson Galleries has been showing Carol’s work since the early eighties. We miss him.
Medium: Color woodcut Dimensions: 37 x 37 1/2 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1925 - 2016 Date finished: 1986 Edition: of 100 Reference: Summers, 192
Medium: Color woodcut Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1925 - 2016 Date finished: 1981 Edition: of 150 Reference: Summers, 171
Medium: Color woodcut Dimensions: 29 1/4 x 21 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1925 - 2016 Date finished: 1962 Edition: Proof Reference: Summers, 48. Exhibited at MoMa, New York
#331857
Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 30 x 30 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1925 - 2016 Date finished: 1994 Edition: of 75 Reference: Summers, 217
Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 25 x 20 inches (image/sheet) Artist details: American, 1925 - 2016 Date finished: 1996 Edition: of 100 Signature: Signed Reference: Summers 220
