Name/Title
Print: Deerfield Houses, Wilson House 912-3Description
A six-screen/seven-color silkscreen print depicting the 1816 John Wilson House in Old Deerfield, Massachusetts, now known as Historic Deerfield; see web link. The building is now known as the Wilson Print Shop; see current-day images below.
Likely first produced in the late 1950’s, this print was listed singly on a 1958 Country Prints packing slip. It appears as one of a pair with the Dwight-Barnard House on the January 1960 Country Prints price list in a choice of antique birch or flat black frames, and as “Deerfield Houses 912-7 Pair” in the c.1960 brochure “Country Prints in Frames Designed by Robert Darr Wert”; see images.
Likely first produced c.1957, this example is in a style of frame Country Prints began using c.1959.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1957Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“r.wert by hand”, lower left corner.Dimensions
Dimension Description
FrameHeight
10-1/2 inWidth
13-1/2 inDepth
1-1/2 inDimension Description
PrintHeight
9 inWidth
12 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Wood, Chipboard, corrugated board, Clear Finish Coat, StaplesColor
Dark Brown, Green, Teal, Brick Red, Pink, Charcoal Gray, Dark Gray-Blue, Yellow Ochre
