Tile: Tole (TK) T-66

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Penn Dutch (TK) T-66.: Cropped from image below. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Tile: Penn Dutch (TK) T-66.

Cropped from image below. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Tile: Tole (TK) T-66

Description

Two colorways of the same tile design depicting Wert’s interpretation of Pennsylvania “Dutch” iconography. This tile appears in the brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Tiles”, c.1960, adn was produced into the 1960’s; 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

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

Dimensions

Height

1/4 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Cork