Tile: Pennsylvania Dutch (TK), Rural Folk Art (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Rural Folk Art (TK) tile, with Wert signature removed.: Images: Acanthus315, ebay.com, unless noted.
Rural Folk Art (TK) tile, with Wert signature removed.

Images: Acanthus315, ebay.com, unless noted.

Name/Title

Tile: Pennsylvania Dutch (TK), Rural Folk Art (TK)

Description

A tile with a silkscreen overglaze print depicting Wert’s interpretation of Pennsylvania “Dutch” iconography accompanied by the descriptor, “rural folk art, lancaster county”. This example was produced after Bob Wert’s death by his tile producer, Ceramo Studio, with Wert and Country Prints signatures removed.

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

Dimensions

Height

1/4 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Color

Yellow, Red, Green, Black