Name/Title
Gift Greeting 330: #3 ShepherdsDescription
A six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting three shepherds and their flock on the eve of Jesus’ birth.
Beginning in an arch across the top of the composition and ending in a rectangle at the foot is a paraphrasing of Luke 2:8 from the King James Bible, “and there were - shepherds abiding in the field keeping watch over their flock”
The complete quote is, “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night”; see web link.
This is a Gift Greeting, Country Prints’ line of unmounted prints available in folded cardstock note folders with envelopes for mailing or gift giving. This design was amongst the first eight Gift Greetings produced by Country Prints as described in a c.1955 price list, “330 Gift Greetings — for our first venture into the exciting greeting card field we have 8 of our very own colorful greetings in linen…”Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1955Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
On print: “wert” in script with red flower, lower right corner.
Folio: “Robert Darr Wert Country Prints By Hand On Pure Linen” in script font across lower edge of opened folio.Dimensions
Dimension Description
Linen PrintHeight
9 inWidth
7 inDimension Description
Folio closedHeight
9-1/4 inWidth
7-1/8 inDimension Notes
Folio open: 9 1/4” x 10”Material
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardstock, InkColors
Color
chartreuse, Red-Orange, Beige, Blue-Gray, Green, BlackColor Notes
Additional colors are are produced by overprinting: brown of the tree trunk is red-orange and green; darker green leaves on tree are likely green and beige; khaki green of upper right shepherd’s robe is likely chartreuse and beige (as well as 1/4” strip across the lower edge of the composition).
