Name/Title
Print: Williamsburg Street Scene 1330-1Description
A four-screen/seven-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting seven buildings in Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia. At center is Bruton Parish Church; see web link. The buildings are illustrated in elevation and three-quarter views interspersed with trees and shrubbery.
This may have been a custom commission for the shops at Williamsburg.
This print is listed in the January 1960 Country Prints price list with 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”, and is a pair with Williamsburg Palace 1330-2; see images.
In the brochure, the Williamsburg prints appear without Wert/Country Prints signatures. On this example, “wert by hand” is printed in the lower right corner in a different color from the rest of the print, meaning it was applied to the print after the initial print run was completed.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
“Street Scene” and “Colonial Williamsburg”, lower left and right corners respectively. “wert by hand” applied in a different color ink from the rest of the print, lower right corner.Dimensions
Dimension Description
Print, exclusive of frameHeight
13 inWidth
30 inDimension Description
FrameHeight
14-1/4 inWidth
31-1/4 inDepth
1-1/2 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardboard, Wood, Clear Finish Coat, StaplesColors
Color
Red, Green, Brown, Navy, Dark Red, Dark Green, Dark BrownColor Notes
Colors produced by overprinting: dark red is brown over red; dark green is navy over green; dark brown is green over brown.
