Name/Title
Print: Kitchen Garden 97-3Description
A six-screen/seven-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting plants and herbs found in a kitchen garden. Early American tools, vessels and implements related to cooking populate the composition and are made of cast iron, wrought iron, copper, and wood.
This print appears in the c.1955 brochure “Country Prints in Frames”, and was also available as a Country Prints Gift Greeting, a line of unmounted prints in cardstock note folders with an envelope for mailing or gift giving; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1956 - circa 1966Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Linen print is dry mounted to chipboard, backed with corrugated cardboard printed with the Country Prints story, and secured within a Country Prints frame with staples. Cleated hanging hardware is affixed at top back of frame.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“by hand” and “wert” with a heart, lower leftDimensions
Dimension Description
PrintHeight
9 inWidth
7 inDimension Description
Frame, approximateHeight
12 inWidth
10 inDepth
1-3/4 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardboard, Wood, Clear Finish Coat, StaplesColors
Color
Tan, Green, Bottle Green, Gray, Light Brown, Black, CopperColor Notes
Copper is produced by overprinting light brown and tan.
