1984.862.1-33: Chess Set (board and 32 carved game pieces)
Recreational Artifacts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1984.862.1-33
- People
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Alexander Calder, American (Philadelphia, PA 1898 - 1976 New York, NY)
- Title
- Chess Set (board and 32 carved game pieces)
- Classification
- Recreational Artifacts
- Work Type
- game piece
- Date
- c. 1945
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/332133
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Painted wood
- Dimensions
- 0.95 x 76.2 x 76.2 cm (3/8 x 30 x 30 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Dean Josep Luis and Ramona Longas Sert, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1984.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Ramona Longas de Sert and the estate of Dean Josep Lluís Sert
- Copyright
- © Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Accession Year
- 1984
- Object Number
- 1984.862.1-33
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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