Name/Title
Print: Deerfield Houses, Wilson House 912-3Description
A six-screen/seven-color silkscreen print depicting the 1816 John Wilson House in Old Deerfield, Massachusetts, now known as Historic Deerfield. See web link.
Likely first produced in the late 1950’s, this print was listed singly on a 1958 Country Prints packing slip. It appears as one of a pair with the Dwight-Barnard House on the January 1960 Country Prints price list in a choice of antique birch or flat black frames, and as “Deerfield Houses 912-7 Pair” in the c.1960 brochure “Country Prints in Frames Designed by Robert Darr Wert”; see images.
Likely first produced c.1957, this example is in a style of frame Country Prints began using c.1959.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1957Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“r.wert by hand”, lower left corner.Dimensions
Dimension Description
FrameHeight
10-1/2 inWidth
13-1/2 inDepth
1-1/2 inDimension Description
PrintHeight
9 inWidth
12 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Wood, Chipboard, corrugated board, Clear Finish Coat, StaplesColor
Dark Brown, Green, Teal, Brick Red, Pink, Charcoal Gray, Dark Gray-Blue, Yellow Ochre
