Tile: Daily Bread 512, Blue

Tile: Daily Bread 512.: Image: anonymous Pinterest post.
Tile: Daily Bread 512.

Image: anonymous Pinterest post.

Name/Title

Tile: Daily Bread 512, Blue

Description

A three-color silkscreen overglaze print on a white glazed tile blank depicting tools necessary for the harvesting of wheat and the baking and serving of bread, bordered at top and bottom with the phrase from the Lord’s Prayer, “Give us this day, Our daily bread”. This tile appears in the brochures “Country Prints by Robert Darr Wert and Neighbors”, c.1962 and c.1966, see images. A matching apron and towel/wallhanging were also produced; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1962

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

Design, screen production, and mixing of colored overglazes performed at the Country Prints workshop, Gill, MA. Screen printing of overglaze colors, firing and finishing by Ceramo Studio, NYC. This design is printed on the thinner tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from 1962 onward.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert”, lower left corner; “by hand”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

1/4 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Cork

Color

Dark Blue, Yellow Ochre, Brown