Name/Title
Notecard, Christmas: Greeting Hanger, Christmas Hearth 341Description
Two five-color silkscreen prints on off-white linen depicting an early American kitchen fireplace outfitted with cooking tools and decorated with evergreen cuttings, 20th century glass ornaments, and a gingerbread angel.
This notecard is a small wallhanging. Meant to be sent as a holiday greeting, the linen print is glued to a black cardboard strip with a ribbon for hanging, and a small red silkscreened gift tag attached.
Despite its small size, this wallhanging is just as detailed as Wert’s larger prints, and is a variant of a c.1955 Christmas Kitchen (TK) Gift Greeting; see images.
This Greeting Hanger is listed on the Christmas 1960 Country Prints price list. Each included a “5x6 envelope for inexpensive mailing.”Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“robert darr wert”, lower left; “by hand”, lower right.Dimensions
Dimension Description
HangingHeight
18 inWidth
6 inDimension Description
EnvelopeHeight
4-3/4 inWidth
6-1/2 inDimension Description
Gift tag, closedHeight
2-1/2 inWidth
1-5/8 inDimension Notes
Gift tag, open: 2 1/2” x 3 1/4”Materials
Material
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardboard, Ribbon, CardstockMaterial Notes
Linen print and crimped red ribbon hanger adhered to a black cardboard header.Colors
Color
Black, Ochre, Brick Red, Blue, Dark TealColor Notes
Overprinting produces additional colors: brick red and ochre make copper; brick red, ochre and dark teal make shadows and contour lines on copper.
