Name/Title
Tile: Shore Bird, Massachusetts Audubon SocietyDescription
A five-screen/six-color silkscreen overglaze print on a glazed white tile blank depicting a New England shore scene featuring three types of shore birds, a sailboat, a lighthouse, a buoy attached to rope, and a dingy with an oar. The back of the dingy says “Shore Bird”, the name of the design.
This tile was a custom commission for the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and it matches a towel/wallhanging titled Shore Birds 221. They may have been sold as a pair to benefit the local Audubon chapter.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New YorkDate made
circa 1963 - circa 1965Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
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 example is printed on the thinner tile base used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from 1962 onward.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert”, lower left corner, and “HAND PRINTED FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY”, along the bottom and tight margins.Dimensions
Width
6 inDepth
1/4 inLength
6 inMaterial
White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, CorkColors
Color
Yellow Ochre, Teal, Red, Black, Brown, Dark GreenColor Notes
Dark green is produced by overprinting teal and yellow ochre.
