Tile: Weathervanes (TK) T-77

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Weathervanes (TK) T-77: Collection of Sara Leeper. Image: PKM
Tile: Weathervanes (TK) T-77

Collection of Sara Leeper. Image: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Weathervanes (TK) T-77

Description

A round tile depicting four weathervanes: an angel, a rooster, a horse and a cow. Central to the weathervanes is a radiant sun. This tile appears in the brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Tiles”, c.1960; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1959

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 overglaze, firing and finishing by Ceramo Studio, NYC.

Dimensions

Depth

1/4 in

Diameter

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Cork