Tile: Painted Tin (TK) T-69

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Painted Tin (TK) T-69.: PKM collection. Images: PKM
Tile: Painted Tin (TK) T-69.

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Painted Tin (TK) T-69

Description

A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting a rooster at lower center framed with branches laden with apples. The composition is delineated in the manner of tole painting (painting on tin). This tile appear in the brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Tiles”, c.1960; 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

This design is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 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”, 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

Green, Light Green, Red, Brown