Tile: Hens T-2

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Hens T-2: Cropped from image below. Images: PKM
Tile: Hens T-2

Cropped from image below. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Hens T-2

Description

A silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting multiple hens superimposed with Wert’s interpretation of calico textile prints. This tile appears in the c.1955 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”; see images. This tile is a pair with Roosters T-1. A matching placemat set was also produced; 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 design is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Length

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Oaktag Label Hanger, Cork