Name/Title
Gift Greeting 330: #8 HearthDescription
A silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting a partial fireplace opening with kitchen implements and Christmas decorations including red bows, two glass ornaments, a star ornament, a gingerbread man, and a reindeer cookie cutter.
This is an example of Wert’s ambitious use of color. This print utilizes seven silkscreens, but achieves three additional colors by overprinting screen colors. See color notes below.
This is a Gift Greeting, Country Prints’ line of unmounted prints available in folded cardstock note folders with envelopes for mailing or gift giving. This design was amongst the first eight Gift Greetings produced by Country Prints as described in a c.1955 price list, “330 Gift Greetings — for our first venture into the exciting greeting card field we have 8 of our very own colorful greetings in linen…”Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1955Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Date based on a handwritten note on the back of a framed example in the PKM Seconds folder, as well as appearance on the Cover of Design in 1955; see images.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert”, lower right cornerMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColors
Color
Green, Light Gray, chartreuse, Teal, Black, Brick Red, RedColor Notes
Copper is achieved by overprinting russet and light gray; brick is achieved by overprinting light gray and red; wood is achieved by overprinting light gray and chartreuse, with the addition of teal for the wood grain.
