Runner: Daily Bread 226, c.1960, 17x52, Turquoise

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Daily Bread 226 (TK) table runner in turquoise, 17”x52”.: Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM
Daily Bread 226 (TK) table runner in turquoise, 17”x52”.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Runner: Daily Bread 226, c.1960, 17x52, Turquoise

Description

A Country Prints strike-off retained as a print record. A four-color silkscreen print on natural linen depicting breads, wheat stalks, and the tools and implements for making bread. At bottom appears a line from the Lord’s Prayer: “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”, a recurrent theme in Wert’s work. Edges are straight stitched and fringed This table runner is listed in the 1960 Country Prints price list in two colorways (brick red or blue, with an erroneous size of 13” x 30”), and appears in the c.1960 brochure “Mat Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”. A matching tablecloth, placemat set, muffin cloth and apron were also produced; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1959

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“r. darr wert by hand”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Width

52 in

Depth

17 in

Material

Unbleached Linen, Textile Ink

Color

Turquoise, Yellow Ochre, Brown, Black