Notecard, Greeting Hanger: Children’s Hanging 234, Hobby Horse

Wallhanging: Children’s Hanging 234, Hobby Horse.: PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Wallhanging: Children’s Hanging 234, Hobby Horse.

PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Notecard, Greeting Hanger: Children’s Hanging 234, Hobby Horse

Description

A six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting brightly painted German wooden toys. This wallhanging is listed on the Spring 1958, January 1960, and Christmas 1960 Country Prints price lists and appears in the c.1960 brochure “Mat Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”. It is a pair with Children’s Hanging 235 Dolls. Each Greeting Hanger came with “a 5x6 envelope for inexpensive mailing.” Linen print is glued to a strip of black chipboard with a loop of ribbon for hanging.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1957

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

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

Dimensions

Height

17-3/4 in

Width

6 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Chipboard, Cord, Glue

Color

Red-Orange, Pink, Yellow, Dark Green, Blue, Black