Name/Title
Towel, Wallhanging: Mill (TK)Description
A three-color silkscreen print on natural linen depicting a busy stone-ender gristmill, harvest and baking tools, wheat, a sun, a finished loaf of bread and a harvest scene.
The center right of the composition bears partial lyrics from the hymn, “Back of the Loaf”, by Maltbie D. Babcock (1858-1901); see web link:
“Back of the loaf
is the snowy flour
and back of the flour
THE MILL
and back of the mill
are the wheat and
the showers,
the sun and the Father’s will.”
The harvest scene at upper right is a reinterpretation of a scene found on an earlier Almanac wallhanging by Wert; see images.
The second photo is of Wert’s original hand-painted artwork on cardboard for this print. It is the only documented example of Wert’s original artwork for silkscreen printing.
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
1963Time 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 selvedged.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert by hand”, lower left corner; “design © 1963 Country Prints”, lower right corner.Dimensions
Height
30 inWidth
16-1/2 inMaterial
Unbleached Linen, Textile Ink
