Name/Title
Print: A Few Herbs 927-4Description
A four-screen/six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting herbs planted in clay pots, cast iron pans, copper pots, and woodenware. Herb plants are keyed to a list of names bordered with trailing branches. The print is titled at the base of the composition.
This print is listed in the January 1960 Country Prints price list in a choice of antique birch or flat black frames, and appears in the c.1960 brochure “Country Prints in Frames Designed by Robert Darr Wert”; see images. It was also produced as a wallhanging; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“r. darr wert by hand”, lower left corner, and title, “A Few Herbs”, lower right corner.Dimensions
Dimension Description
Print, exclusive of frameHeight
27 inWidth
9 inDimension Description
Frame, outer dimensionsHeight
28-1/2 inWidth
10-1/2 inDepth
1-3/4 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Wood, Cardboard, StaplesColors
Color
Light Green, Brick Red, Copper, Black, Light Brown, Dark BrownColor Notes
Two colors produced by overprinting: light brown is light green and copper; dark brown is light green and brick red.
