Name/Title
Print: Country Life 57-3, Butter Churn (TK)Description
This design is from the Country Life 57-3 series Country Prints produced as framed prints and as Country Print Notes notecards. The framed prints were produced with and without mats. This example is matted with teal colored paper with printed borders in brown and red.
The print is a six color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting a country woman using a butter churn. The woman is surrounded by tools of daily work: butter molds, a bread peel, wooden vessels, a bench and a copper jug.
This item varies from other known framed Wert pieces in that the frame is essentially a box with the print and mat face-glued to the box bottom. The corners of the frame are box joined rather than mitered, and the back panel is a piece of wood that is integral to the frame, rather than inset cardboard used in later Country Prints frames. An early Country Prints story card printed in blue and red on teal colored cardstock is affixed to the back; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
1948 - 1952Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
Print is unsigned. Back of frame bears an early Country Prints story card.Dimensions
Dimension Description
Print, approximateHeight
6 inWidth
4 inDimension Description
Studio frameHeight
7-1/8 inWidth
5-3/8 inDepth
1-1/4 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardstock, Wood, PaintColor
Brick Red, Yellow Ochre, Brown, Blue, Green, Black
