Carol Summers Collection | A Treasury of Indian Folk Textiles | Auction, Sept. 12
Join Us On A Video Stroll Carol Summers Collection A Treasury of Indian Folk Textiles ~243 Lots~ Live Showroom Auction: Monday, September 12, 2022, 11AM ET Public Exhibition: September 10-11, 11AM – 4PM Join Us! Exhibition Reception & Refreshments: Sunday, September 11, Noon – 3PM Also accepting phone and absentee bids. Carol Summers (1925–2016) of Santa Cruz, California, was an American printmaker, well known for creating works by woodcut process. He created his art through a method he developed in the 1950s that became known 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 in order to give beautiful, glowing, richly colored shapes to the other side. Looking at Summers’ work, it is not hard to understand why he was drawn to the vibrancy of color in the folk textiles of India. Beginning in 1974, Summers made many trips to India with his wife, Joan, first to present workshops as an artist, eventually to lead tours, and to collect textiles. His collection has all the hallmarks of someone who hunted with an artist’s eye for the piece [...]
