Tile: Pennsylvania Dutch (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Pennsylvania Dutch (TK).: PKM collection. Images: PKM
Tile: Pennsylvania Dutch (TK).

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Pennsylvania Dutch (TK)

Description

A four-color silkscreen overglaze print on a white glazed tile blank depicting Wert’s interpretation of Pennsylvania “Dutch” iconography.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Ceramo Studio, New York, Country Prints

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. This example is printed on the thinner tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from 1962 onward.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert by hand”, lower left corner.

Dimensions

Height

1/4 in

Width

6 in

Length

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Cork

Color

Green, Red, Yellow, Black