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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.862.1-33
People
Alexander Calder, American (Philadelphia, PA 1898 - 1976 New York, NY)
Title
Chess Set (board and 32 carved game pieces)
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/332133

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
1984.862.1-33
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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