Tile: Almanac (TK), Brown

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Almanac (TK).: PKM collection. Images: PKM
Tile: Almanac (TK).

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Almanac (TK), Brown

Description

A three-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting a farmer with a scythe harvesting wheat at night. The night scene is made apparent by the darker palette and the appearance of a moon in the upper right corner of the composition. Imagery of the farmer, barns and moon are taken from a coordinating wall hanging inspired by the 1860 Farmers’ Almanac by Uriah Hunt & Son of Philadelphia; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Ceramo Studio, New York, Country Prints

Date made

circa 1962

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

Date is based on the atypical use of a full cork back used from 1962 onward on the thicker pre-1962 tile body. 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.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “wert”, lower left corner. Back: Country Print Tiles stamp on cork backing.

Dimensions

Height

6 in

Width

6 in

Depth

1/4 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Cork, Ink

Color

Burnt Umber, Yellow Ochre, Black