Print: Country Life 1012-2

Object/Artifact

-

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Country Life 1012 (TK) print, in an early 1950’s Country Prints cove frame.: PKM collection. Images: PKM
Country Life 1012 (TK) print, in an early 1950’s Country Prints cove frame.

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Print: Country Life 1012-2

Description

A five-color silkscreen print off-white linen depicting a Pennsylvania “Dutch” farmer and wife in eighteenth century dress standing amongst tools of everyday work on a farm. A red rooster stands atop a red heart, within which begins a joyous quote from “As You Like It” by William Shakespeare, “And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees - books in running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in every thing.” Wert explored this quote at least twice in print. Based on the signature, drawing style and frame, this is the later of the two versions; see images. This print appears in the c.1955 brochure “Country Prints in Frames”, and in a c.1955 price list paired with Miller 1012-4, with the notation “Revised”.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1954

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“WERT”, lower left corner, and “W.S. AS YOU LIKE IT”, lower right corner, in block print.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Print, exclusive of frame

Height

10 in

Width

12 in

Dimension Description

Frame

Height

11-3/4 in

Width

13-3/4 in

Depth

1-1/2 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardboard, Wood, Clear Finish Coat, Glazing Points

Color

Teal, Red, Yellow Ochre, Brown, Black