Name/Title
Towel, Wallhanging: Motif Gourmet, Bottles 282, OrangeDescription
A four-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting overlapping silhouettes of hand blown glass bottles. The composition is punctuated with stalks of flowering dill weed.
This print is from Country Prints’ “Motif Gourmet” collection, a decidedly design-forward line of modern compositions that steps away from Wert’s typical Americana themes; a highly stylized composition of type and imagery typical of the 1960’s.
This print appears in the brochure “Country Prints by Robert Darr Wert and Neighbors”, c.1966; see images. The brochure states this design was available in orange or turquoise colorways (with orange or turquoise edge binding). With its black edge binding, this example deviates from the c.1966 brochure offerings. The orange and turquoise colorways have not been documented.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1965Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Edges are serged and bound in a continuous black overlock stitch.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“© wert by hand motif GOURMET”, lower left corner; “pure Linen”, lower right corner.Material
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColor
chartreuse, Gray, Brick Red, Black
