Towel, Calendar: Rooster 400, 1968

Rooster 400 calendar from “1968 Calendars/Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints, Inc.”: Image: PKM
Rooster 400 calendar from “1968 Calendars/Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints, Inc.”

Image: PKM

Name/Title

Towel, Calendar: Rooster 400, 1968

Description

A four-color silkscreen print depicting a rooster on a split rail fence above the calendar for 1968. A matching towel/wallhanging and tile were also produced; see images. This is one of over sixty designs sold by Country Prints to Stevens Linen Associates of Dudley, Massachusetts, in January 1969. From that point onward, the designs were produced by Stevens with all reference to Robert Darr Wert and Country Prints removed. Many of these designs continued to be produced by Stevens throughout the 1970’s and some into the 1980’s.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

1967

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert”, upper left margin, and “© COUNTRY PRINTS by hand ALL LINEN”, lower margin.

Dimensions

Height

28-1/2 in

Width

8-1/2 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink

Color

Red, Ochre, Black, Teal