Gift Greeting: Pastel, Poor Richard’s, Herb 331 (TK)
Description
A five-screen/six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting fresh and dried herbs along with tools used in an early American kitchen. This example was trimmed to fit a third party frame.
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 Wert
Role
Artist
Manufacturer
Country Prints
Date made
circa 1959
Time Period
20th Century
Place
Location
Gill MA.
Continent
North America
Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert” and “by hand”, bottom left and right corners respectively.
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
6 in
Dimension Notes
Original dimensions were 9”x7”
Material
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink
Colors
Color
Pink, Green, Blue, Yellow Ochre, Black, Copper
Color Notes
Copper is produced by overprinting pink and yellow ochre.
