Tile: Early Strings (TK) T-68

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Early Strings (TK) T-68 tile.: PKM Collection. Images: PKM
Early Strings (TK) T-68 tile.

PKM Collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Early Strings (TK) T-68

Description

A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting four early stringed instruments, three birds and trailing vines. This tile appears in the brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”, c.1960; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1959

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

This example is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962. Design, screen production, and mixing of colored underglazes performed at the Country Prints workshop, Gill, MA. Screen printing of underglaze colors, clear glaze, firing and finishing by Ceramo Studio, NYC.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert by hand”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Glaze, Clear Overglaze

Color

Brown, Green, Red, Black