Print: Miller 1012 ( TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Framed print: Miller 1012 (TK) in a c.1955 Country Prints black painted pine frame.: PKM collection. Images: PKM
Framed print: Miller 1012 (TK) in a c.1955 Country Prints black painted pine frame.

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Print: Miller 1012 ( TK)

Description

A five-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting a miller standing outside his mill surrounded by raw materials and products of the milling trade. Wert’s sense of humor is in evidence, as he includes mice in the composition (an ever-present issue in the storage and use of grains), and his exhortation to “remember the miller when you eat your bread”. This print appears in the c.1955 brochure “Country Prints in Frames”, and the c.1955 price list paired with Country Life 1012–2 with the notation “revised”.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1954

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Notes

Linen print is dry mounted to chipboard, backed with a second sheet of chipboard, and secured within a Country Prints black painted pine frame with staples. Cleated hanging hardware is affixed at top back of frame.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“WERT” in black block print, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Print

Height

10 in

Width

12 in

Dimension Description

Frame

Height

10-3/4 in

Width

12-3/4 in

Depth

1-1/2 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardboard, Wood, Paint, Staples

Color

Orange, Teal, Yellow Ochre, Brown, Black