Print: Early Birds 516-3

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Early Birds 516-3 print in an early 1950’s Country Prints painted frame.: Cropped from page below. Images: PKM
Early Birds 516-3 print in an early 1950’s Country Prints painted frame.

Cropped from page below. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Print: Early Birds 516-3

Description

A silkscreen print on linen depicting various birds in Wert’s interpretation of Pennsylvania “Dutch” folk art. The assumed title, “Early Birds”, appears at center in a heart within a double-headed eagle. The title is a play on the idiom, “The early bird catches the worm”, but instead, Wert’s tongue-in-cheek title is referring to birds from early art. This is one of the first nine framed prints offered by Country Prints. It was produced in a red painted pine frame.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1951

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“ROBERT DARR WERT”, in block print, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Print, exclusive of frame, approximate

Height

16 in

Width

5 in