Name/Title
Print: Country Kitchen 820-1Description
A five-screen/six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting a well outfitted early American country kitchen.
The composition is flanked by red brick chimneys. From each chimney hangs a swiveling crane holding kitchen utensils. At center, a painted tin coffee pot, a copper decanter, a glass bottle, and a pot with a chive plant sit on wood plank tables. The room is also outfitted with items from Wert’s personal collections that are often seen in his artwork: trivets, a butter churn, a wooden bowl, a bread peel, a glass demijohn, a spindleback chair and a wall-mounted spice box, amongst others.
This print is listed in the Spring 1958 and January 1960 Country Prints price lists, and appears in the c.1960 brochure “Country Prints in Frames Designed by Robert Darr Wert”. Prints were offered in a choice of antique birch or flat black frames.
A matching placemat set, table runner and apron were also produced; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1957Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Linen print is dry mounted on chipboard, backed with corrugated board bearing the Country Prints imprint, and secured within a Country Prints natural wood frame with staples.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert” in script, lower left corner, and “by hand” in print, lower right corner.
Backing panel is imprinted with the Country Prints story.Dimensions
Dimension Description
FrameHeight
9-1/2 inWidth
21-1/2 inDepth
1-1/2 inDimension Description
PrintHeight
8 inWidth
20 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Cardboard, Wood, Clear Finish Coat, Textile Ink, StaplesColors
Color
Red, Orange, Green, Yellow Ochre, Black, BrownColor Notes
Brown is produced by overprinting red and green.
