Tile: Gloria (TK)

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Glory (TK) tile.

Collection of Kathryn Zentner. Image: Kathryn Zentner.

Name/Title

Tile: Gloria (TK)

Description

A two-screen/two-color silkscreen print on a white tile blank with a clear gloss overglaze. The design depicts a portion of the Christian hymn “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” in english and latin. This is one of Wert’s only known tile designs composed entirely of text. This example descended through the Wert family and is in the collection of Kathryn Zentner.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1955 - circa 1962

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

Artwork, screens and mixing of colored glazes performed in the Country Prints workshop in Gill, Massachusetts. Screen printing, overglaze and finishing performed at Ceramo Studio, New York City.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert by hand”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

6 in

Width

6 in

Material

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

Color

Brown, Black