Name/Title
Wallhanging, Scroll: Almanac 230, Brown (TK)Description
A Country Prints production sample retained as a print record.
A two-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting farm and zodiac imagery inspired by the 1860 Farmers’ Almanac by Uriah Hunt & Son of Philadelphia.
This scroll hanging is listed in the Spring 1958 Country Prints price list. A “Gift Wrap Mailng Tube” was included with each hanging. It has been documented in two colorways: sage green, light brown and black, or brown and black.
Top and bottom edges are reinforced with black painted wood crossbars. A hanging cord is attached at back of top wood strip.
A matching tile was also produced; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1957Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“r.darr wert”, lower left corner; “by hand”, lower right corner.Material
Unbleached Linen, Textile Ink, Wood, String, Glue, Paint
