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The Imagery of chess: a group exhibition of paintings, sculpture, newly designed chessman, music, and miscellany

A work made of offset lithograph on single folded sheet.

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  • A work made of offset lithograph on single folded sheet.

Date:

New York: Julien Levy Gallery, 1944

Artist:

Marcel Duchamp (American, born France, 1887-1968)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Artist

Julien Levy Gallery

Title

The Imagery of chess: a group exhibition of paintings, sculpture, newly designed chessman, music, and miscellany

Place

New York City (Object made in:)

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1944

Medium

Offset lithograph on single folded sheet

Inscriptions

The Imagery of chess: a group exhibition of paintings, scultpture, newly designed chessman, music, and miscellany: opening Tuesday, December twelfth, Julien Levy Gallery, New York

Dimensions

20 × 12 cm (7 7/8 × 4 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Mary Reynolds Collection Fund, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

Reference Number

2020.49

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