Tile: Distelfink (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Distelfink (TK) tile.: Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM
Distelfink (TK) tile.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Distelfink (TK)

Description

A four-color silkscreen overglaze print on a glazed white tile blank depicting Wert’s interpretation of a Pennsylvania “Dutch” distelfink (goldfinch) perched on a tulip above a heart. The distelfink is ringed by the following text: “THE DISTELFINK Pennsylvania Dutch good luck bird perched on the tulip symbol of the trinity growing from the heart symbol of love”

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

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

Front: no signature Back: Country Prints/Ceramo branding on cork backing.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Overglaze Colors, Cork, Ink

Color

Yellow, Red, Blue, Black