Name/Title
Gift Greeting: Poor Richard’s, A Harvest of Peace (TK)Description
A five-screen/six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting a Pennsylvania “Dutch” farmer in eighteenth century dress during harvest season. The man stands holding a scythe. In front of him is a shock of wheat intermixed with tools: a hoe for planting the wheat, a peel and a fork for cooking, and a fiddle for enjoying the coming winter, well-fed from the harvest. Above the farmer are harvest tools, a flail and sickle, with a bundle of dried corn. Beyond is a saltbox farmhouse backed with fruiting apple trees. At the foot of the composition is a maxim from Poor Richard’s Almanac, “a harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment.” Wert revisited this maxim a number of times with differing compositions.
This is a Gift Greeting, Country Prints’ line of unmounted prints available in cardstock note folders with envelopes for mailing or gift giving; see “Branding” for note folder examples.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1955 - circa 1960Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“wert by hand”, lower right corner.Material
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColors
Color
Teal, Burnt Orange, Light Brown, Beige, Black, GreenColor Notes
Green is produced by overprinting beige and teal.
