Suwanee riverboat Gift Greeting for the Henry Ford Museum at Greenfield Village.
PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Name/Title
Gift Greeting: Greenfield Village, Suwanee River Boat
Description
A six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting the Suwanee river boat at Greenfield Village/Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. This was a custom commission, one of at least four prints produced by Country Prints for the museum. The Suwanee was a replica of an 1880 flat-bottom sternwheeler built at Greenfield Village in 1929; see web link.
This is a Gift Greeting, Country Prints’ line of unmounted prints available in cardstock note folders with envelopes for mailing or gift giving. This example retains its note folder and envelope.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr Wert
Role
Artist
Manufacturer
Country Prints
Date made
1955 - 1960
Time Period
20th Century
Place
Location
Gill MA.
Continent
North America
Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert”, lower left corner and “by hand”, lower right corner.
