Tile: Farm T-7

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Farm T-7: PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Tile: Farm T-7

PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Tile: Farm T-7

Description

A four-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting a barnyard with five farm animals in the foreground: horse, cow, bull, pig and rooster. A barn with a cupola and weathervane are attached to a silo bearing a lightning rod. A smaller garage-like farm building is in the foreground. An apple tree stands at upper right. This tile appears in the c.1955 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”, and the c.1956 brochure “Country Print Tiles designed by Robert Darr Wert”. It was also included in an article about Robert Darr Wert and Country Prints in the arts journal Design in 1955; see images. An unauthorized adaptation of this design was produced by Soriano Ceramics of New York, c.1960; see images. Farm T-7 is a pair with Village T-6; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Ceramo Studio, New York

Date made

circa 1954

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

This tile is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962. 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: “r. darr wert”, with solid red heart, lower right corner. Back: Country Print Tiles label hanger.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

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

Colors

Color

Teal, Light Green, Brick Red, Black, Green

Color Notes

Green roof color is produced by overprinting teal and light green.