Name/Title
Gift Greeting: Pastel, House Blessing 331 (TK)Description
A five-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting a Pennsylvania “Dutch” couple building a farmhouse. The man stands within the house framing holding a brick in one hand while reaching toward the unfinished chimney. Below, a woman mixes mortar in a trough with a hoe. The illustration supports a house blessing that reads, “Bless this house, each brick and rafter, may it be filled with peace and laughter”.
This is a Gift Greeting, Country Prints’ line of unmounted prints in cardstock note folders with envelopes for mailing or gift giving; see “Branding” for note folder examples. It was also available as a framed print; see images.
This Gift Greeting appears in the c.1960 brochure “Mat Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”; see images.
This example is a sales sample used by Country Prints.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
“wert by hand”, lower right corner.Material
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColor
Pink, Green, Yellow, Blue, Black
