Print: Four Seasons 912-3 (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Four Seasons (TK) prints in early 1960’s natural wood Country Prints frames.: PKM collection. Images: PKM
Four Seasons (TK) prints in early 1960’s natural wood Country Prints frames.

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Print: Four Seasons 912-3 (TK)

Description

A set of four nine-color silkscreen prints on off-white linen depicting four seasons in the life of a farm family. Clockwise from upper left in first photo: Summer/Harvest: A man scythes hay while a woman rakes it to dry. A young man with a yoke brings water to drink, and a young woman lifts hay into a pile. Beyond, cows ruminate in the fields, while piles of harvested hay dry in the sun. Autumn/Cooking: A family of four participates in the apple harvest. A young woman climbs a tree to pick apples, while a man with a beard runs apples through a cider press. At an open fire a woman stirs a copper pot of apple butter, while a boy sits atop a cask of cider. Spring/Ploughing: A man plows a field with an oxen, while a woman rakes the roadway. A young man with a training whip leaves a horse paddock, and a young girl flies a kite. All takes place before a prosperous home connected to a barn by a carriage house. Winter/Woodwork: A family of four takes part in sawing, splitting, stacking and storing wood.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1960

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Notes

Textile prints are dry mounted to chipboard, backed with corrugated cardboard printed with the Country Prints story, and secured within Country Prints frames with staples. Cleated hanging hardware is affixed at top back of frames.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“© wert” in lowercase black script, lower left corner of each print. Country Prints imprint silkscreened in brown on backing panel of each frame.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Prints

Height

9 in

Width

12 in

Dimension Description

Frames

Height

10-3/4 in

Width

13-5/8 in

Depth

1-3/4 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Chipboard, corrugated board, Wood, Clear Finish Coat, Staples

Colors

Color

Light Green, chartreuse, Dark Teal, Brick Red, Light Gray, Gray, Aqua, Blue, Black

Color Notes

Multiple additional colors and shadings are produced by overprinting.