Gift Greeting: Kitchen (TK)

Gift Greeting: Kitchen (TK), c.1955-60.: PKM collection. Image: PKM
Gift Greeting: Kitchen (TK), c.1955-60.

PKM collection. Image: PKM

Name/Title

Gift Greeting: Kitchen (TK)

Description

A six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting wood-fired baking ovens, tools related to baking, and other kitchen tools, most hanging from a painted overhead beam. Tools are made of wrought iron, cast iron, and copper. The ovens are formed of red brick arches and the chimney mass is finished with a gray plaster or stucco. Carved wood springerle molds also hang from the overhead beam. This is a Gift Greeting, Country Prints’ line of unmounted prints in cardstock note folders with envelopes for mailing or gift giving.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1955 - circa 1960

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

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

Dimensions

Height

6-1/2 in

Width

8-1/2 in

Material

Textile Ink, Bleached Linen

Colors

Color

Yellow Ochre, Brown, Gray, Red, Turquoise, Black

Color Notes

Copper is produced by overprinting red and yellow ochre.