Name/Title
Print: House & Barn 820-2 PairDescription
Country Prints production samples retained as a print record.
A pair of silkscreen prints on linen depicting a house with two chimneys, a well, a brick outbuilding, and a stone-ender barn with lightning rods, a cupola, and silo.
The House print is produced with six screens and seven colors. The barn is six colors. The barn print bears a resemblance to Wert’s own barn before it was renovated into his studio and home.
This pair is listed in the January 1960 Country Prints price list, and appears in the c.1960 brochure “Country Prints in Frames Designed by Robert Darr Wert”. Prints were offered in a choice of antique birch or flat black frames.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1958Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Linen prints are dry mounted on chipboard, backed with cardboard, and secured within Country Prints wood frames with staples.Inscription/Signature/Marks
House print: unsigned.
Barn print: “wert”, lower left corner, and “by hand” lower right corner.Dimensions
Dimension Description
Print, exclusive of frameHeight
8 inWidth
20 inHeight
9-3/4 inWidth
21-3/4 inDepth
1-5/8 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Chipboard, corrugated board, Wood, Clear Finish Coat, StaplesColors
Color Notes
House print: red, brown, blue, green, teal, gray, black, dark green. Dark green is an overprint of brown and green.
Barn print: red, brown, blue, green, gray, black.
