Framed prints: Bread-Herbs 516-8 Pair, in c.1959 Country Prints natural wood frames.
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Name/Title
Print: Bread-Herbs 516-8 Pair, aka Bread 516-8 and Herbs 516-9
Description
A pair of four-color silkscreen prints on off-white linen depicting bread and herbs.
Bread print: Eight types of bread are illustrated with tools for making and serving baked goods, along with the first line of the Lord’s Prayer, “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”. Composition is finished with an orange border.
Herbs print: four types of fresh herbs are illustrated along with a large bottle, a tin pitcher, and a cooking spoon. At the base of the composition are the herb names, “Dill, Marjoram, Chive, Thyme.” Composition is finished with an orange border.
This pair of prints is listed singly in the Spring 1958 Country Prints price list as Bread 586-8 and Herbs 516-9, and appears in the c.1960 brochure “Country Prints in Frames by Robert Darr Wert” as Bread-Herbs 516-8 Pair.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr Wert
Role
Artist
Manufacturer
Country Prints
Date made
circa 1957
Time Period
20th Century
Place
Location
Gill MA.
Continent
North America
Notes
Linen prints are dry mounted to chipboard, backed with corrugated cardboard printed with the Country Prints story, and secured within Country Prints natural wood frames with staples. Cleated hanging hardware is affixed at top back of frames.
