Print: Buttermolds 917 (TK), Red

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Buttermolds 917 (TK) in red.: Collection of Kathryn Zentner. Image: Kathryn Zentner.
Buttermolds 917 (TK) in red.

Collection of Kathryn Zentner. Image: Kathryn Zentner.

Name/Title

Print: Buttermolds 917 (TK), Red

Description

A three-color silkscreen print on natural linen depicting fifteen carved wooden butter molds and a butter paddle with a carved handle. Carvings depict symbols of health, abundance and national pride. The composition is bordered in Wert’s interpretation of a blue calico pattern of polka dots and six pointed stars within circles. This print appears in the journal Design, Volume 55, Issue 2, 1955; see image below. Print is dry mounted to single ply chipboard. This example has descended through the Wert family.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1948 - circa 1952

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“ROBERT DARR WERT”, in blue block print, lower left corner.

Dimensions

Height

17 in

Width

9 in

Material

Unbleached Linen, Textile Ink, Chipboard, Staples

Color

Brown, chartreuse, Light Blue