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Rainbow

1958

Carol Summers

Associated Names

Carol Summers

Artist, American, 1925 - 2016

The image features a series of layered shapes with an abstract composition. At the top, a broad arch in hues of yellow and teal. Below it, a dark, mound-like shape above a smaller, orange, and wave-like form. Near the bottom, a pair of bold, blue, undulating shapes. The image uses broad, brush-like textures, giving each shape a textured, pastel-like quality, resembling a landscape with elements connected to natural forms.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color woodcut
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

sheet: 93.98 × 63.5 cm (37 × 25 in.)
Accession Number

1959.10.57
Catalogue Raisonné

Summers 1988, no. 29

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1988

Summers, Carol. Carol Summers: Catalogue Raisonné, Woodcuts 1950-1988. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: David Barnett Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts: Randall Beck Gallery, 1988, p. 26, no. 29.

Wikidata ID

Q65222102

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