Name/Title
Towel, Wallhanging: Spring Garden 224Description
A six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting spring flowers in bloom. Flowers are identifiable but unlabeled. A tag on a garden stake bears a quote from Wordsworth, “And then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils”.
This print appears in the brochure “Country Prints by Robert Darr Wert and Neighbors”, c.1966; see images.
This is one of over sixty designs sold by Country Prints to Stevens Linen Associates of Dudley, Massachusetts, in January 1969. From that point onward, the designs were produced by Stevens with all reference to Robert Darr Wert and Country Prints removed. Many of these designs continued to be produced by Stevens throughout the 1970’s and some into the 1980’s.
In a memo from Fritz Kaufhold (Country Prints’ business manager) to Bob MacKay (Stonelea Mills/Stevens Linen Associates) dated February 12, 1969, Fritz notes this design is was an average seller at the time.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1965Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Top edge is a rod pocket to receive a dowel for hanging, remaining edges are hemmed.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“© wert COUNTRY PRINTS by hand”, lower left, and “all linen”, lower rightMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColors
Color
Dark Green, Navy, Yellow, Pink, Brick Red, BlackColor Notes
Additional colors are produced by overprinting of two colors.
