Name/Title
Wallhanging, Scroll: Weathervane, Birds 228Description
A Country Prints production sample retained as a print record.
A four-color silkscreen print on natural linen depicting eight early American rooster weathervanes. The printed note at the lower margin states, “WEATHERVANES FROM THE INDEX OF AMERICAN DESIGN, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, #1” (#1 indicates this is one of two weathervanes wallhangings). Several of these weathervane forms are represented in other examples of Wert’s work.
This scroll hanging is listed in the Spring 1958 Country Prints price list. A “Gift Wrap Mailng Tube” was included with each hanging. It also appears in a Country Prints article in The Springfield Sunday Republican, March 29, 1959.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1957Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
Along lower margin: “wert by hand” with outlined heart, and “WEATERVANES FROM THE INDEX OF AMERICAN DESIGN, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, #1”.Material
Unbleached Linen, Textile Ink, Wood, Paint, Cord, GlueColors
Color
Red-Orange, Yellow Ochre, Teal, BlackColor Notes
Woodgrain is produced by overprinting teal and red-orange, and red-orange and yellow ochre.
