Print: Trivets 516-1

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Trivets 516-1 print in an early 1950’s black painted studio frame.: PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Trivets 516-1 print in an early 1950’s black painted studio frame.

PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Print: Trivets 516-1

Description

A two-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting silhouettes of eight early American cast iron trivets and gridirons, finished with a red border. This print is one of the first nine framed prints offered by Country Prints. This print appears in a February 1954 Woman’s Day article about Robert Darr Wert and the “Silk-Screen Method”; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1950 - circa 1953

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Notes

Textile print is dry mounted to chipboard, backed with corrugated cardboard, and secured to a black painted Country Prints frame with staples.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“ROBERT DARR WERT” in black capitalized block print, lower right corner. Back: upper left corner handwritten in pencil, “AiT/3.80/1.90”, likely a retailer’s lettered wholesale code, a retail price, and a sale price; and in the upper right corner, a rubber stamp of “516-1 BLK” indicating the item number and frame color.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Frame

Height

5-3/4 in

Width

16-3/4 in

Depth

1-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Mounted print

Height

5 in

Width

16 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardboard, Wood, Paint, Staples

Color

Red, Black

Web Links and URLs

Worthpoint listing of eBay sale 4/18/2015