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Pocket Chess Set

Pocket Chess Set

Marcel Duchamp (American, born France, 1887–1968)
Date
1944
Medium
Rectified readymade (one of about 25 unnumbered examples): pocket chessboard in leather, celluloid, and pins
Dimensions
6 5/16 × 4 1/8 in. (16 × 10.5 cm)(closed); 6 5/16 × 8 5/8 in. (16 × 22 cm)(open)
Department
Modern Art
Credit line
Through prior gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman