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Carol Summers

Carol Summers

American, 1925

WA-00029661

PrintmakingExpressionism

Representation

None documented

11

Institutional Exhibitions

28

Works in Collection

55

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ5044573 ULAN500021858

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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American Prints: 1913�1963

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974–1975

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American Prints from the International Program

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Prints by Seventeen Artists

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964–1965

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American Acquisitions: Recent Additions of Prints to the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

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Textiles U.S.A.

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1956

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American Prints of the 20th Century

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954

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Young American Printmakers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1953–1954

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Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947�1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1953

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Recent American Woodcuts and Prints by Marin, Hopper and Weber

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952

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New Talent Exhibition in the Penthouse: Elliott, Powers, Rogalski, Summers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952

Field Verification (3 fields)

3 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5729
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Carol Summers was an American printmaker known for large-scale woodblock prints created using a distinctive multiblock color technique developed in the 1950s. Working primarily in bold, saturated hues applied across separate carved blocks, he produced vivid landscapes and abstract compositions that bridged modernist abstraction and representational imagery. His approach to woodblock printing expanded the medium's technical and chromatic possibilities during the postwar period.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (28)

1982 · color woodcut

Sheet: 51 x 40.8 cm (20 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.); Image: 51 x 40.8 cm (20 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Nightfall

1974 · Color woodcut on cream Japanese paper

94.5 × 92.3 cm (37 1/4 × 36 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape (Paysage) from 9 Prints

1967 · Stencil from a portfolio of six woodcuts (one with chine collé, one with stencil additions, one with monotype, stencil, and fish print additions), two lithographs (one with stencil additions), and one stencil

composition (irreg.): 29 1/8 × 21 1/4" (74 × 54 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 × 22 3/16" (76.1 × 56.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Theodoric's Tomb, Ravenna from 9 Prints

1967 · Woodcut with chine collé from a portfolio of six woodcuts (one with chine collé, one with stencil additions, one with monotype, stencil, and fish print additions), two lithographs (one with stencil additions), and one stencil

composition (irreg.): 28 3/4 × 21" (73.1 × 53.4 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 21" (74.9 × 53.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of D.M. from 9 Prints

Portrait of D.M. from 9 Prints

1967 · Woodcut from a portfolio of six woodcuts (one with chine collé, one with stencil additions, one with monotype, stencil, and fish print additions), two lithographs (one with stencil additions), and one stencil

composition (irreg.): 28 9/16 × 21 1/8" (72.5 × 53.7 cm); sheet: 29 1/8 × 21 1/8" (74 × 53.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Homage to Fish (Omaggio a pesce) from 9 Prints

Homage to Fish (Omaggio a pesce) from 9 Prints

1967 · Woodcut with monotype, stencil, and fish print additions from a portfolio of six woodcuts (one with chine collé, one with stencil additions, one with monotype, stencil, and fish print additions), two lithographs (one with stencil additions), and one stencil

composition (irreg.): 28 3/8 × 21" (72 × 53.4 cm); sheet: 29 1/4 × 21" (74.3 × 53.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Waterfall from 9 Prints

Waterfall from 9 Prints

1967 · Woodcut from a portfolio of six woodcuts (one with chine collé, one with stencil additions, one with monotype, stencil, and fish print additions), two lithographs (one with stencil additions), and one stencil

composition (irreg.): 29 13/16 × 19 11/16" (75.7 × 50 cm); sheet: 29 13/16 × 19 11/16" (75.7 × 50 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

9 Prints

1967 · Portfolio of six woodcuts (one with chine collé, one with stencil additions, one with monotype, stencil, and fish print additions), two lithographs (one with stencil additions), and one stencil

composition and sheet (see child records): dimensions vary

Museum of Modern Art

Andalusia from 9 Prints

1967 · Lithograph from a portfolio of six woodcuts (one with chine collé, one with stencil additions, one with monotype, stencil, and fish print additions), two lithographs (one with stencil additions), and one stencil

composition and sheet: 29 13/16 × 19 11/16" (75.8 × 50 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pool from 9 Prints

Pool from 9 Prints

1967 · Lithograph with stencil additions from a portfolio of six woodcuts (one with chine collé, one with stencil additions, one with monotype, stencil, and fish print additions), two lithographs (one with stencil additions), and one stencil

composition (irreg.): 29 1/8 × 21 1/16" (74 × 53.5 cm); sheet: 29 1/8 × 21 1/16" (74 × 53.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The End from 9 Prints

The End from 9 Prints

1967 · Woodcut from a portfolio of six woodcuts (one with chine collé, one with stencil additions, one with monotype, stencil, and fish print additions), two lithographs (one with stencil additions), and one stencil

composition (irreg.): 28 7/8 × 14 7/16" (73.3 × 36.6 cm); sheet: 29 3/16 × 21 1/16" (74.2 × 53.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Choeps from 9 Prints

Choeps from 9 Prints

1967 · Woodcut from a portfolio of six woodcuts (one with chine collé, one with stencil additions, one with monotype, stencil, and fish print additions), two lithographs (one with stencil additions), and one stencil

composition (irreg.): 29 3/16 × 21 1/16" (74.1 × 53.5 cm); sheet: 29 3/16 × 21 1/16" (74.1 × 53.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Kill for Peace from Artists and Writers against the War in Vietnam

1967 · Screenprint with punched holes from a portfolio of nine screenprints (two with collage additions, one with die-cut, one with punched holes), six lithographs (one with embossing), and one etching

composition (irreg.) and sheet: 23 5/16 × 19 3/16" (59.2 × 48.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1965 · Woodcut, printed in color

composition: 29 1/16 × 21 1/16" (73.8 × 53.5 cm); sheet: 29 1/16 × 21 1/16" (73.8 × 53.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1963 · Woodcut

composition (irreg.): 29 × 20 1/16" (73.6 × 51 cm); sheet: 29 3/16 × 20 7/8" (74.2 × 53 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

POSTER FOR PRATT GRAPHIC ART CENTER

1963 · Woodcut with serigraph lettering, printed in color

irreg composition 29 3/8 x 19 3/4" (74.6 x 50.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

ARCH OF TRIUMPH

1963 · Stencil, printed in color with varnish additions

composition 29 1/2 x 19 9/16" (74.9 x 49.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

COLLE, VAL. D'ELSA

1961 · Woodcut, printed in color

irreg composition 34 1/16 x 37" (86.6 x 94 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1961 · Woodcut

Composition (irreg.): 37 × 48 3/4" (94 × 123.9 cm);

Museum of Modern Art

1958 · Woodcut, printed in black

Sheet and comp. 44 7/8 x 35 13/16" (114.0 x 91.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Palazzo Malatesta, Rimini

1958 · Woodcut

irreg composition 36 1/4 x 36 15/16" (92.1 x 93.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Little City

The Little City

1954 · Woodcut

composition: 16 7/16 x 7 1/2" (41.7 x 19 cm); sheet: 19 11/16 x 11 1/4" (50 x 28.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1952 · Woodcut, printed in color (yellow)

Sheet 21 1/8 x 38 9/16" (53.8 x 98.0 cm) Comp. 18 x 36 3/8" (45.6 x 92.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Chinese Landscape

Chinese Landscape

1951 · Woodcut

composition: 21 3/16 x 36" (53.8 x 91.5cm); sheet: 25 1/8" (63.8cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

28 published of 54 catalogued · 25 with image

MoMA
26 publishedof 52 catalogued24 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Delta
1982 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Nightfall (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Movements1

Collections2

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US