Tile: Poor Richard’s, A House Without a Woman (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: A House Without a Woman (TK): PKM collection. Images : PKM
Tile: A House Without a Woman (TK)

PKM collection. Images : PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Poor Richard’s, A House Without a Woman (TK)

Description

A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting a woman in a rocking chair by a fireplace supporting a maxim from Poor Richard’s Almanac, “A house without woman or firelight is like a body without soul or sprite”. This is one of a series of at least fourteen tiles featuring maxims from Poor Richard’s Almanac.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1956 - circa 1959

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

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 example is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert by hand from p.r.’s almanac”, left margin.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Oaktag Label Hanger, Cork

Color

Blue, Light Yellow, Brick Red, Black