Gift Greeting: Greenfield Village, Suwanee River Boat

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Suwanee riverboat Gift Greeting for the Henry Ford Museum at Greenfield Village.: PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Suwanee riverboat Gift Greeting for the Henry Ford Museum at Greenfield Village.

PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Gift Greeting: Greenfield Village, Suwanee River Boat

Description

A six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting the Suwanee river boat at Greenfield Village/Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. This was a custom commission, one of at least four prints produced by Country Prints for the museum. The Suwanee was a replica of an 1880 flat-bottom sternwheeler built at Greenfield Village in 1929; see web link. This is a Gift Greeting, Country Prints’ line of unmounted prints available in cardstock note folders with envelopes for mailing or gift giving. This example retains its note folder and envelope.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

1955 - 1960

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert”, lower left corner and “by hand”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Width

9 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink

Color

Light Blue, Blue, Green, Brick Red, Brown, Black

Web Links and URLs

The Suwanee river boat, Henry Ford Museum