Tile: Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Sign (TK), Stars, Round

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Pennsylvania Dutch, Hex Sign (TK), square and round.: Cropped from image below. Images: Collection of Sara Leeper.
Tile: Pennsylvania Dutch, Hex Sign (TK), square and round.

Cropped from image below. Images: Collection of Sara Leeper.

Name/Title

Tile: Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Sign (TK), Stars, Round

Description

Square and round tiles with nearly identical silkscreen prints depicting Wert’s interpretation of Pennsylvania “Dutch” hex signs.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1962 - circa 1965

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

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. These designs are printed on the thinner tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from 1962 onward.

Material

White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Cork