Tile: Early Strings (TK) T-68

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Early Strings (TK) T-68.: Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM
Tile: Early Strings (TK) T-68.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Early Strings (TK) T-68

Description

A four-color silkscreen overglaze print on an off-white matte glazed tile blank depicting four early stringed instruments, three birds and trailing vines. This tile design was first produced c.1959, but has been recolored and printed on the thinner tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio from 1962 onward. See separate entry for comparison.

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.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert by hand”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

1/4 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Cork

Color

Brown, Green, Orange, Black