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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.862.1
People
Alexander Calder, American (Philadelphia, PA 1898 - 1976 New York, NY)
Title
Chess Set (board)
Classification
Recreational Artifacts
Work Type
game piece
Date
c. 1945
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227503

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Painted wood
Dimensions
0.95 x 76.2 x 76.2 cm (3/8 x 30 x 30 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dean Josep Luis and Ramona Longas Sert, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1984.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Ramona Longas de Sert and the estate of Dean Josep Lluís Sert
Copyright
© Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.862.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Larry List, The Imagery of Chess Revisited, George Braziller (New York), p. 70, fig. 40
  • Robert Ayers, "Art Talk", Art News (New York, October 2005), p. 46

Exhibition History

  • Josep Lluís Sert: Architect to the Arts II, Sert Gallery, Cambridge, 09/13/2003 - 12/14/2003
  • The Imagery of Chess Revisited, Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, Long Island City, 10/20/2005 - 03/06/2006

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