Tile: Penn Dutch T-25

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Penn Dutch T-25: PKM collection. Images: PKM
Tile: Penn Dutch T-25

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Penn Dutch T-25

Description

A four-screen/five-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting Wert’s interpretation of Pennsylvania “Dutch” folk art iconography. This tile appears in the c.1955 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”; 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

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 body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “wert” with heart, 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

Colors

Color

Brick Red, Yellow Ochre, Light Blue, Black, Green

Color Notes

Green is produced by overprinting yellow ochre and light blue.