Artwork Details

Carol Summers
American

1925–2016

Yuruk–Halley’s Comet
1977
Medium
Color woodcut on paper
Dimensions
9 x 6 ½ inches
Location
Not on view
Accession Number
2019.10
Credit
Gift of Jon-Marc De Korte
Image Copyright
© Carol Summers

About the Artwork

Carol Summers created woodblock prints of the landscapes and scenes he saw in his travels across the world. Summers based this peaceful scene on the tented homes of the Yuruk people of the Anatolia Peninsula. 

In this work, Yuruk – Halley’s Comet, we see the welcoming glow from an open tent as a comet arcs through the velvety, deep blue sky with a rainbow-colored tail.