Name/Title
Print: Kitchen Garden 1330-4Description
A five-screen/six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting herbs planted in various vessels sets amongst items found in a well-equipped early American kitchen. Items of cast iron, wrought iron, copper, wooden ware, painted tin, and cabinetry are illustrated.
Country Prints produced this print in at least three colorways. This example is from c.1959 and is likely the later of the two.
This print appears in the c.1960 “Country Prints in Frames
Designed by Robert Darr Wert”; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Linen print is dry mounted to chipboard, backed with corrugated board, and secured within a Country Prints natural wood frame with staples.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert”, lower right corner.Dimensions
Dimension Description
Frame, approximateHeight
14-1/2 inWidth
30 inDepth
1-3/4 inDimension Description
Print, exclusive of frameHeight
13 inWidth
30 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardboard, Wood, Clear Finish Coat, StaplesColors
Color
chartreuse, Green, Light Brown, Gray, Black, Dark BrownColor Notes
Dark brown is produced by overprinting light brown and gray.
