Artist Monograph

Carol Summers, American

American, 1925–2016

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Woodcut	14	53.8%
Lithography	10	38.5%
Printmaking	1	3.8%
Screenprint	1	3.8%

Production by Decade

1940s

1950s

1960s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	22	91.7%
Large (1–3 m)	2	8.3%

Range: 41.7 cm → 123.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1952	2
1953	2
1954	1
1956	1
1959	1
1964	3
1965	1
1967	15

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 26 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
GETHSEMANE Print Acc. 642.1959	1940	Woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Rübel
Bridge, No. 1 Print Acc. 452.1953	1951	Woodcut	composition: 11 7/16 × 23" (29.1 × 58.4 cm); sheet (irreg.): 13 1/16 × 25 1/4" (33.2 × 64.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
CATHERDRAL Print Acc. 34.1952	(1951)	Woodcut, printed in color	Sheet 34 1/8 x 17 7/8" (86.7 x 44.9 cm) Comp. 30 1/4 x 13 7/8" (76.8 x 35.2 cm ) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Chinese Landscape Print Acc. 818.1956	1951	Woodcut	composition: 21 3/16 x 36" (53.8 x 91.5cm); sheet: 25 1/8" (63.8cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Straus
CONSTRUCTION Print Acc. 33.1952	(1951)	Woodcut, printed in color	Sheet 34 1/2 x 18 1/8" (87.6 x 46.1 cm) Comp. 29 7/8 x 13 3/4" (75.9 x 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
ICARUS Print Acc. 453.1953	(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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
The Little City Print Acc. 634.1954	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon
MONTE AMIATA Print Acc. 526.1964	(1958)	Woodcut, printed in black	Sheet and comp. 44 7/8 x 35 13/16" (114.0 x 91.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Rübel
Palazzo Malatesta, Rimini Print Acc. 527.1964	1958	Woodcut	irreg composition 36 1/4 x 36 15/16" (92.1 x 93.9 cm) sheet 36 1/4 x 36 15/16" (92.1 x 93.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Rübel
COLLE, VAL. D'ELSA Print Acc. 74.1967	(1961)	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg composition 34 1/16 x 37" (86.6 x 94 cm) sheet 36 1/8 x 37" (91.8 x 94 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Dark Rainbow Print Acc. 75.1967	1961	Woodcut	Composition (irreg.): 37 × 48 3/4" (94 × 123.9 cm); Sheet: 37 × 49 3/8" (94 × 125.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Arab Tent Print Acc. 218.1964	1963	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 29 × 20 1/16" (73.6 × 51 cm); sheet: 29 3/16 × 20 7/8" (74.2 × 53 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the International Graphic Arts Society
ARCH OF TRIUMPH Print Acc. 76.1967	(1963)	Stencil, printed in color with varnish additions	composition 29 1/2 x 19 9/16" (74.9 x 49.7 cm) sheet 29 15/16 x 20 15/16" (76 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
POSTER FOR PRATT GRAPHIC ART CENTER Print Acc. 77.1967	(1963)	Woodcut with serigraph lettering, printed in color	irreg composition 29 3/8 x 19 3/4" (74.6 x 50.1 cm) sheet 29 3/8 x 21 3/8" (74.6 x 54.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange)
Stromboli Dark Print Acc. 984.1965	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the International Graphic Arts Society
9 Prints Print Acc. 517.1967.1-9	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 ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Andalusia from 9 Prints Print Acc. 517.1967.5	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Choeps from 9 Prints Print Acc. 517.1967.2	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Homage to Fish (Omaggio a pesce) from 9 Prints Print Acc. 517.1967.3	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Kill for Peace from Artists and Writers against the War in Vietnam Print Acc. 2350.1967.14	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Landscape (Paysage) from 9 Prints Print Acc. 517.1967.6a-f	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Pool from 9 Prints Print Acc. 517.1967.8	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Portrait of D.M. from 9 Prints Print Acc. 517.1967.4	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
The End from 9 Prints Print Acc. 517.1967.9	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Theodoric's Tomb, Ravenna from 9 Prints Print Acc. 517.1967.7	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Waterfall from 9 Prints Print Acc. 517.1967.1	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund