Wallhanging: Cherry Tree 250

Cherry Tree 250 wallhanging.: Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM
Cherry Tree 250 wallhanging.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Wallhanging: Cherry Tree 250

Description

A Country Prints production sample retained as a print record. A four-color silkscreen print on linen depicting fruiting trees, a country couple, farm buildings, birds and the Japanese proverb, “In the hum of the market there is money but under the cherry tree there is rest”. This wallhanging is listed in the January 1960 Country Prints price list (with a stick/string, and plastic gift box), and appears in the brochure “Mat Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”, c.1960; and is a pair with Patience Tree 251; see images. It was also produced as a framed print.

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

“wert by hand”, lower left corner

Dimensions

Height

27 in

Width

9 in

Color

Green, Teal, Brown, Pink