Print: Grace Thy House 612-16 and Don’t Walk in Sun 612-17, aka Grace-Sun 612-16

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Framed prints: Grace-Sun 612-16 in late 1950’s Country Prints natural wood frames.

Image: iutc_us, eBay.com, Geneva NY, 12/2020

Name/Title

Print: Grace Thy House 612-16 and Don’t Walk in Sun 612-17, aka Grace-Sun 612-16

Description

Two five-screen/six-color silkscreen prints on off-white linen depicting early American women in scenes related to maxims from Poor Richard’s Almanac by Benjamin Franklin. Sun print at left: a woman in a long dress walks a leashed dog while holding a freshly picked flower to her face. A topiary potted in a wooden bucket is surmounted by a red birdhouse. A tall sunflower stalk is stopped with a radiant sun face. Below is the maxim, “If your head is wax - don’t walk in the sun”. Grace print at right: a woman works at a spinning wheel. Cooking tools and framed folk art hang overhead, and a potted plant thrives at her feet. Below, is the maxim, “Grace thy house let it not grace thee”. This pair of prints are listed singly in the Spring 1958 Country Prints price list as Grace Thy House 612-16 and Don’t Walk in Sun 612-17 in flat black or natural frames. They appear as a pair in the January 1960 Country Prints price list and the c.1960 brochure “Country Prints in Frames Designed by Robert Darr Wert” as Grace-Sun 612-16 in antique birch or flat black frames.

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 an additional chipboard panel imprinted with the Country Prints story, and secured within Country Prints painted pine frames with staples. Cleated hanging hardware is affixed at top back of frames.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert”, in script, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Print, exclusive of frame

Height

12 in

Width

6 in

Dimension Description

Frame

Height

12-5/8 in

Width

6-3/4 in

Depth

1-5/8 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardboard, Wood, Paint, Staples

Colors

Color

Teal, Burnt Orange, Light Brown, Yellow Ochre, Black, Copper

Color Notes

Copper is produced by overprinting burnt orange and light brown.