Name/Title
Print: Weather Vanes 516-12Description
A pair of five-screen/six-color silkscreen prints on off-white linen depicting four different early American rooster weathervanes, two per print, as well as ornamental ironwork and compass markers found on weathervanes.
These prints are listed in the January 1960 Country Prints price list, and appear in the c.1960 brochure “Country Prints in Frames Designed by Robert Darr Wert”. Prints were produced in a choice of antique birch or flat black frames.
This mounted print example descended through the Wert family and is in the collection of Kathryn Zentner.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Linen prints are dry mounted to chipboard, backed with corrugated board, and secured within Country Prints wood frames with staples.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert”, lower left corner of each print.Dimensions
Dimension Description
Frame, approximateHeight
6-1/2 inWidth
18 inDepth
1-1/2 inDimension Description
Prints, exclusive of frameHeight
5 inWidth
16 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Chipboard, corrugated board, Wood, StaplesColors
Color
Dark Teal, chartreuse, Blue-Gray, Red, BlackColor Notes
Some shading is produced by overprinting of two colors.
