Marcel Duchamp
(American, born France, 1887–1968)
Pocket Chess Set
INV-2104
Marcel Duchamp
(American, born France, 1887–1968)1944
Pocket Chess Set
Marcel Duchamp (American, born France, 1887–1968) →sculpture
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)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Through prior gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman
Also notable
Works in the same vein
