Towel, Wallhanging: Unforbidden Fruit 227

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Unforbidden Fruit 227 towel/wallhanging on white linen.: Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Unforbidden Fruit 227 towel/wallhanging on white linen.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Towel, Wallhanging: Unforbidden Fruit 227

Description

A Country Prints production sample retained as a print record. A four-screen/six-color silkscreen print on white linen depicting multiple kinds of fruit. The title, “Unforbidden Fruit”, appears at the base of the composition. A matching tile was also produced. This print appears in the brochure “Country Prints by Robert Darr Wert and Neighbors”, c.1963; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1962

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert COUNTRY PRINTS”, lower left, and “by hand all linen”, lower right.

Dimensions

Height

30 in

Width

17 in

Colors

Color

Red, Yellow, Blue, Black, Green, Purple

Color Notes

Green is produced by overprinting blue and yellow; purple by overprinting blue and red.