Wallhanging: Children’s Hanging 234, Hobby Horse, with scalloped cardboard mount

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Wallhanging: Children’s Hanging 234, Hobby Horse, with scalloped cardboard mount, c.1960.: Collection of Kelly Doolan. Image: Kelly Doolan
Wallhanging: Children’s Hanging 234, Hobby Horse, with scalloped cardboard mount, c.1960.

Collection of Kelly Doolan. Image: Kelly Doolan

Name/Title

Wallhanging: Children’s Hanging 234, Hobby Horse, with scalloped cardboard mount

Description

A six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting brightly painted German wooden toys. This print (without the scalloped mount) is listed on the Spring 1958 price list, and appears in the brochure “Mat Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”, c.1960, and is a pair with Children’s Hanging 235; see images. Linen print is affixed to a red-orange scalloped cardboard mount. A loop of yellow ribbon is glued to the back for hanging.

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

Inscription/Signature/Marks

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

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Linen Print

Height

17-3/4 in

Width

6 in

Dimension Description

Scalloped Cardboard Mount

Height

19 in

Width

6-3/4 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardboard, Ribbon, Glue

Color

Red-Orange, Pink, Yellow, Dark Green, Blue, Black