Print: Peace & Plenty 612-1 and Who Plants a tree 612-2 Pair, aka Tree & Peace 612-1 Pair

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Framed prints: Tree and Peace 612-1 in c.1959 Country Prints natural wood frames.: Image at left: PKM. Image at right: Sonya Lewis, Facebook Marketplace, Bristow VA 20136.
Framed prints: Tree and Peace 612-1 in c.1959 Country Prints natural wood frames.

Image at left: PKM. Image at right: Sonya Lewis, Facebook Marketplace, Bristow VA 20136.

Name/Title

Print: Peace & Plenty 612-1 and Who Plants a tree 612-2 Pair, aka Tree & Peace 612-1 Pair

Description

Two four-color silkscreen prints on off-white linen Peace print: emblazoned with the words, “Peace, Plenty, Independence”, and corresponding symbols for each word: Peace, a dove; Plenty, a shock of wheat; Independence: an eagle with a shield chest plate. The composition is detailed with harvest tools (pitchfork, sickle and plow), and finished with borders of trailing vines. Tree print: at center is a maxim from Poor Richard’s Almanac by Benjamin Franklin, “He who pants a tree loves others besides himself”. The maxim is framed within the trailing branches of a tree planted in a red pot resting on a low wood bench. At top a rooster weathervane carries an attached sun, moon, and star symbolizing the passage of time. Wert’s use of teal and burnt orange against the off-white linen ground makes for an interesting update to the usual red, white and blue patriotic palette. This pair is listed in the Spring 1958 Country Prints price list as Peace & Plenty 612-1 paired with Who Plants a Tree 612-2. It is listed in the January 1960 Country Prints price list as Plant A Tree—Peace 612-1, and it appears in the c.1960 brochure “Country Prints in Frames designed by Robert Darr Wert” as Tree & Peace 612-1. At various times they were printed with different color borders. These prints were produced in a choice of antique birch or flat black frames.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1957

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Notes

Linen prints are dry mounted on chipboard, backed with corrugated board, and secured within Country Prints wood frames with staples.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert”, and “by hand”, in black, lower left and right corners respectively.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Print, exclusive of frame

Height

12 in

Width

6 in

Dimension Description

Frame

Height

13-3/4 in

Width

7-3/4 in

Depth

1-3/4 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardboard, Wood, Clear Finish Coat, Staples

Color

Brown, Teal, Burnt Orange, Black