Name/Title
Towel, Calendar: Happy Heart, 1965Description
A Country Prints production sample retained as a print record.
A three-screen/four-color silkscreen print on natural linen depicting Wert’s interpretation of Pennsylvania “Dutch” folk art, with the text, “May you have a happy heart in 1965”. Open days on calendar months have quirky notations like, “Longer days, colder nights”, in February.
A matching towel/wallhanging, apron, tile and other kitchen accessories were also produced; see images.
This towel/wallhanging appears on a c.1965 promotional postcard for Bromley & Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, Country Prints’ New England wholesale representative to the gift trade.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
1964Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Top edge is a rod pocket to accept a dowel for hanging, lower edge is hemmed, sides are selvedges.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert” and “pure linen”, left edge of artwork; “by hand” and “COUNTRY PRINTS ©”, right edge of artwork.Material
Unbleached Linen, Textile InkColors
Color
Red, Teal, Yellow Ochre, Dark GreenColor Notes
Dark green is produced by overprinting teal and yellow ochre.
