Tile: Yankee Doodles T-8

Object/Artifact

-

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Yankee Doodles T-8.: PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Tile: Yankee Doodles T-8.

PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Tile: Yankee Doodles T-8

Description

A tile with a three-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile black depicting items of daily use in a Colonial kitchen. Items are shown in outline and silhouette and are composed as a collage. This design appears in the c.1955 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”, and was included in a 1957 article about Country Print tiles in the art journal Design; see images. A matching placemat set was also produced; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1954

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

Date based on appearance in the journal Design, 1957, and inclusion in the c.1955 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”; see images. 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. This example is printed on the thicker tile base used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “wert”, lower left 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

Brick Red, Yellow Ochre, Black