Tile: Chicago (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Chicago (TK).: Images: Thomas Testa
Tile: Chicago (TK).

Images: Thomas Testa

Name/Title

Tile: Chicago (TK)

Description

A five-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting scenes from the city of Chicago, including Mrs. O’Leary’s cow kicking a lantern, and early automobile, a steam powered fire engine, a skyscraper and an “INSURED” plaque. Given the atypical subject matter, this is likely a custom commission for an annual meeting or executive party for a Chicago based insurance company.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1956 - circa 1962

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

This tile is printed on the thicker tile base used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio before 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

Front: “wert by hand”, lower right corner. Back: Country Print Tiles label hanger.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Oaktag Label Hanger, Cork

Color

Brown, Brick Red, Yellow Ochre, Teal, Black