Print: Framed Country Notes, Series 335 (Country Life), Chopping Wood (TK)

Country Life 57-3, Chopping Wood (TK), in c.1958 Country Prints box frame.: PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Country Life 57-3, Chopping Wood (TK), in c.1958 Country Prints box frame.

PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Print: Framed Country Notes, Series 335 (Country Life), Chopping Wood (TK)

Description

A print from the “Framed Country Notes” series based on Wert’s Country Print Notes notecards. This example is from the Country Life 335 notecard set and is matted with off-white colored paper finished with printed borders in black and mustard. The series is noted on a Spring 1958 Country Prints price list and may have been introduced that year. Print is a six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting a farmer splitting logs in a barnyard. This framed series varies from other framed Country Prints pieces in that the frame is essentially a box with the linen print and mat glued to the box bottom. The corners of the frame are box joined rather than mitered, and the back panel is a piece of wood that is integral to the frame, rather than the inset corrugated cardboard used in most Country Prints frames. A Country Prints story card printed in blue and red on teal colored cardstock is affixed to the back; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1958

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Print is unsigned. Back of frame bears an early Country Prints story card.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Print, approximate

Height

6 in

Width

4 in

Dimension Description

Studio frame

Height

7-1/8 in

Width

5-3/8 in

Depth

1-1/4 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardstock, Wood, Paint

Color

Brick Red, Yellow Ochre, Brown, Blue, Green, Black