Gift Greeting: Iron and Tin

Gift Greeting: Iron and Tin, c.1955.: Image: Anne Simmons-Benton, Facebook
Gift Greeting: Iron and Tin, c.1955.

Image: Anne Simmons-Benton, Facebook

Name/Title

Gift Greeting: Iron and Tin

Description

A four-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting iron and tin cooking implements typical to early American kitchens. Wert’s signature trailing vines frame the upper half of the composition. This is a Gift Greeting, Country Prints’ line of unmounted prints available in cardstock note folders with an envelopes for mailing or gift giving; see “Branding” for folio examples. This print appears in the c.1955 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Gift Greetings”; see images. This design was also available as a framed print; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1955

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert by hand”, with red outlined heart, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Width

9 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink

Color

Aqua, Green, Brick Red, Black