Print: Framed Country Notes, Series 335 (Country Life), Butter Churn (TK)

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Butter Churn (TK) print in an early Country Prints box frame from the set Country Life 57-3.

Print: Collection of Susan Ward. Images: Susan Ward

Name/Title

Print: Framed Country Notes, Series 335 (Country Life), Butter Churn (TK)

Description

A print from the “Framed Country Notes” series based on Wert’s Country Print Notes notecards. This example is from the Country Life 335 notecard set and is matted with blue colored paper finished with printed borders in brown and red. The series is noted on a Spring 1958 Country Prints price list and may have been introduced that year. The print is a six color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting a country woman using a butter churn. The woman is surrounded by tools of daily work: butter molds, a bread peel, wooden vessels, a bench and a copper jug. This framed series varies from other framed Country Prints pieces in that the frame is essentially a box with the linen print and mat glued to the box bottom. The corners of the frame are box joined rather than mitered, and the back panel is a piece of wood that is integral to the frame, rather than the inset corrugated cardboard used in most Country Prints frames. A Country Prints story card printed in blue and red on teal colored cardstock is affixed to the back; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1958

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Print is unsigned. Back of frame bears an early Country Prints story card.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Print, approximate

Height

6 in

Width

4 in

Dimension Description

Studio frame

Height

7-1/8 in

Width

5-3/8 in

Depth

1-1/4 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardstock, Wood, Paint

Color

Brick Red, Yellow Ochre, Brown, Blue, Green, Black