About Us

About Us

This site is the online home of the Weir Gallery of Berkeley California which from 1987 to 1995 provided a unique art environment, bringing together local artists, known and unknown, to meet their public and to savor the occasion with champagne, poetry and music.

Weir Gallery is best known for our association with Jerry Garcia.  Roberta Weir assisted Jerry  in every aspect of his visual art, from drawing sessions to etching instruction, creating editions and designing his exhibits. We are the foremost expert in his work and his  signature.

In addition to events and exhibits, the gallery maintained an inventory of etchings and stone lithographs by Rembrandt, Escher, Whistler, Palmer, and French masters such as Vuillard, Bonnard, Millet and Redon.  We continue to buy and sell original art and prints based on our own interests and the requests of clients.

Weir Gallery offers the following services:

Art Search

Our resources and contacts make it possible to find the art you are looking for.

Appraisals

Including examination, research and written statement, for insurance or general purposes.

Certificates Of Authenticity

Weir Gallery certificates are valued as the final word.  Every certificate is written by Roberta Weir, an acknowledged expert in the art of Jerry Garcia.

Known editions may be examined through signature scans and document samples. Original art must be shipped unframed and insured for in-hand study. Only art deemed authentic will receive a Weir Gallery Certificate of Authenticity.

Cost of Certification is $150 for prints; $250 for original art.  Certification includes confirmation of the signature if the work is signed.

Exhibit Planning

We provide exhibit planning for galleries and traveling exhibitions, with checklist, styling and presentation, public relations, etc.

Licensing

The gallery provides licensing information for the work of selected artists.

Print Embellishment

As it has become popular to have black and white prints by Jerry Garcia colored by other artists, we accept requests to color the prints. Color by Roberta Weir, Manasha Garcia and Keelin Garcia.

Consignment

Weir Gallery accepts consignment of art, if appropriate. Commission is 10% of sales prices above $5000 and 20% of prices below $5000.

Contact us for any of these services.

What is your life? It is
even a vapor that
appeareth for a little
time, and then vanisheth
away. -- James 4:14

The artist's search for unique, meaningful expression, on paper or canvas, in clay or marble, wood or bronze, is actually mirrored in each of us.

Leonardo's Ink Bottle The Artist's Way of Seeing by Roberta Weir Available from

Print Embellishment