Name/Title
Print: Village 1330-6Description
A silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting a densely constructed early American village with multiple types of housing, churches and municipal buildings presented in elevation. Above the buildings, fruiting trees are sculpted into overscaled topiaries. Two suns and a moon and stars imply the passage of time from day to night to day again. The composition is finished with a printed border. It is a pair with Farm 1330-5.
This print is listed in the January 1960 Country Prints price list in a choice of antique birch or flat black frames, and appears in the c.1960 brochure “Country Prints in Frames Designed by Robert Darr Wert”; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Linen print is dry mounted on chipboard, backed with corrugated board, and secured within a Country Prints wood frame with staples.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert”, lower left corner.Dimensions
Dimension Description
Print, exclusive of frameHeight
13 inWidth
30 inDimension Description
Frame, approximateHeight
17 inWidth
34 inDepth
1-1/2 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Chipboard, Wood, Staples
