Checkmate, Gentlemen | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M4571
People: Boardman Robinson, American (Somerset, Nova Scotia, Canada 1876 - 1952 Stamford CT)
Title: Checkmate, Gentlemen
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Chess Players (depicts Lenin, Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson, and Lloyd George)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1920
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/255491

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Lithograph

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: James N. Rosenberg, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, April 18, 1929.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: C.-J. p. 89 #11

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James N. Rosenberg
Accession Year: 1929
Object Number: M4571
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Image of America in Caricature and Cartoon, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 10/16/1975 - 12/14/1975; Fort Wayne Public Library, Fort Wayne, 02/02/1976 - 03/14/1976; Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 10/13/1976 - 11/21/1976
32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/31/2023

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M4571: Checkmate, Gentlemen