Name/Title
Towel, Wallhanging: Lobstermen (TK)Description
A four-screen/six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting a man and a boy on a boat name Mary Annabelle (or Mary Anne Belle). The man in traditional fishermen’s’ gear is hauling up a lobster pot. The boy is hand-reeling a fishing line with a hooked fish. At upper right is a fishermens’ shack on a pier with a fish weathervane, a stack of lobster pots, and a seagull ready for flight. In the depths below, a large lobster appears to be snipping the line on a buoy, another buoy appears to the left, the snipped line curling below the lobster. Fish, a sand dollar, and a starfish live amongst the lobster pots.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1960 - circa 1965Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Top edge is a rod pocket to accept a dowel for hanging, lower edge is hemmed, sides are selvedges.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“© wert COUNTRY PRINTS”, lower left corner; “by hand on pure linen”, lower right corner.Dimensions
Height
31 inWidth
16-1/2 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColors
Color
Red-Orange, Teal, Yellow Ochre, Dark Brown, Dark GreenColor Notes
Dark green is the product of overprinting teal and yellow ochre. Shadows are produced by printing dark brown over teal and yellow ochre.