A fantastic modern color woodcut on rice paper titled August 17th by Carol Summers. Hand signed mid left with an annotation of 46/100. The scene depicts a nighttime sky with brilliant royal blues with beams of ruby reds which looks like the setting sun. There appears to be a meteor shower, or fireworks, with shooting beams of white in the sky. From a private art collection. Proceeds from this sale will be donated to The Sight Center of Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan, which helps people of all ages work, learn, play, and live independently with permanent vision loss. Dimensions: 40.5h x 40.5w (framed). In excellent vintage condition. Carol Summers (December 26, 1925 - October 27, 2016) was an American printmaker, known for creating works by woodcut process. Summers created his prints through a process he developed in the 1950s that became known in as the "Carol Summers technique": soaking large blocks of wood in ink, he placed them in patterns on one side of a piece of paper to, as one reviewer described his work, "give beautiful, blurry, shapes to the other side. The results are simple, decorative and uniquely vibrant." Summers's work is part of the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. In addition to his art, Summers had a career as a teacher, serving as an instructor at Hunter College, the Brooklyn Museum School, Pratt Graphics Center, and Columbia University.

40.5 x 40.5 x 1 in