Pocket Chess Set

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 396

Department

Modern Art

Artist

Marcel Duchamp

Title

Pocket Chess Set

Place

United States (Object made in:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1944

Medium

Rectified readymade (one of about 25 unnumbered examples): pocket chessboard in leather, celluloid, and pins

Inscriptions

Signed and dated on chessboard, l.l.: “Marcel Duchamp/1944”

Dimensions

6 5/16 × 4 1/8 in. (16 × 10.5 cm)(closed); 6 5/16 × 8 5/8 in. (16 × 22 cm)(open)

Credit Line

Through prior gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman

Reference Number

2011.124

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Succession Marcel Duchamp

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