Towel, Calendar: Shore Birds (TK), 1963

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Shore Birds (TK) 1963 calendar towel.: PKM collection. Image: PKM.
Shore Birds (TK) 1963 calendar towel.

PKM collection. Image: PKM.

Name/Title

Towel, Calendar: Shore Birds (TK), 1963

Description

NOTE: TEMP PHOTO. A 1963 calendar towel in four colors printed on off-white linen. Imagery depicts shore birds and a lighthouse placed above a calendar for 1963. With a few modifications, the artwork for this towel also appears in reverse at the base of Country Prints’ Shore Birds 221 towel/wallhanging from the same period. Both items appear in a 1960’s promotional postcard for Country Prints’ New England sales representative, Bromley & Co., of Boston, Massachusetts.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

1962

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert by hand”, lower left corner of artwork, and “COUNTRY PRINTS ©”, lower right corner of calendar.

Dimensions

Height

30 in

Width

17 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink

Color

Blue, Red, Gray, Black