Print: Portraits 67-1

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Portraits 67-1 prints in c.1955 black painted pine Country Prints frames.: Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM
Portraits 67-1 prints in c.1955 black painted pine Country Prints frames.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Print: Portraits 67-1

Description

A pair of four-color silkscreen prints on off-white linen depicting portraits of a man and a woman in formal dress. The man sits before a paneled wall with drapery tied back to the right. The woman sits in a spindle-back chair with a patterned panel to the right and drapery tied back to the left. This pair of prints appears in the c.1955 brochure “Country Prints in Frames”, and on a c.1955 price list with the description, “Primitive rendering of man and woman “ancestors”.” It is also listed on the Spring 1958 Country Prints price list.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1954

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Notes

Prints are dry mounted on chipboard, backed with cardboard and secured within Country Prints frames with staples.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert”, lower left corner of each print.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Print, exclusive of frame

Height

7 in

Width

6 in

Dimension Description

Frame

Height

8 in

Width

7 in

Depth

1-1/2 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Cardboard, Wood, Paint, Staples

Color

Red-Orange, Brown, Green, Black