Name/Title
Tile: Village T-6Description
A five-screen/six-color silkscreen print on a white tile blank depicting a village of early American buildings, including a house with a front walk, a carriage house, a one room schoolhouse, a church with a rooster weathervane, and taller buildings that could be apartments, businesses or government offices.
This tile appears in the c.1955 brochure, “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”, and the c.1956 brochure “Country Prints Tiles designed by Robert Darr Wert”. It was included in a 1955 article about Robert Darr Wert in the art journal Design.
An example of this tile is in the permanent collection of the Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, and was included in the exhibition “The Art of the Tile”.
An unauthorized adaptation of this design was produced by Soriano Ceramics of NYC; see images.
Village T-6 is a pair with Farm T-7; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Ceramo Studio, New York, Country PrintsDate made
circa 1955Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
* Untyped Place
New York CityNotes
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.
This design is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Front: “r. darr wert”, lower right corner.
Back: Country Print Tiles label hanger.Dimensions
Height
6 inWidth
6 inDepth
3/8 inMaterial
White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Oaktag Label Hanger, CorkColors
Color
Teal, chartreuse, Brick Red, Black, Blue-Gray, Dark GreenColor Notes
Dark green the product of overprinting teal and chartreuse.
