Pillow: Pine (TK)

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Pine (TK) pillow strike-off.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Pillow: Pine (TK)

Description

A strike-off for a pillow with a three-screen/four-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting evergreen branches with pinecones on one pillow side, and stylized evergreen trees in a grid of nine on the other. The fabric is meant to be folded in half and stitched on three sides to form the pillow, with a rough finished size of 6” x 8 1/2”.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1960

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“WERT”, lower left corner, and “by hand”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

7 in

Depth

17-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Images: 6” x 8 1/2”

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink

Colors

Color

Green, Brown, Red, Dark Brown

Color Notes

Dark brown is produced by overprinting green and brown.