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Pocket Chess Set by Marcel Duchamp — VisualArtsDB

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Pocket Chess Set

Pocket Chess Set

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)
Genre: Sculpture
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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