Tile: Blue and White (TK) T-79

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Blue and White (TK) T-79.: PKM collection. Image: PKM
Tile: Blue and White (TK) T-79.

PKM collection. Image: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Blue and White (TK) T-79

Description

A two-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white ceramic tile blank depicting Wert’s interpretation of early American symbols of abundance and welcome: a sheaf of wheat, a pomegranate, a pineapple and a heart. This tile appears in the brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Tiles”, c.1960; see images. This tile design was produced in two colorways: blue and red. This example is in blue; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Ceramo Studio, New York, Country Prints

Date made

circa 1959

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Notes

This example is printed on the thicker tile base used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio before 1962. Design, screen production, and mixing of colored underglazes performed at the Country Prints workshop, Gill, MA. Screen printing of underglaze colors, clear glaze and firing by Ceramo Studio, NYC.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert” in blue, lower left.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Length

6 in

Material

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

Color

Blue, Navy