A chess set with pieces in light and dark wood on a gray and white felt board.
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The chess set has a felt board gray and white squares. On set of pieces has a light finish, the other is dark all of the pieces are set on flat square bases. The pawns are small cubes; the rooks are taller cubes; the knights are inverted L shapes; the bishops are pyramidal; the queens are long, round, and surmounted by a ball; and, the kings are square with a small square set at an angle on top.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR49.576.A-HH
People
Josef Hartwig, German (Munich, Germany 1880 - 1955 Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Title
Chess Set (32 Pieces)
Classification
Recreational Artifacts
Work Type
game
Date
c. 1923-1924
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/217380

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood, paint and felt
Dimensions
6 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm (2 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund
Copyright
© Estate of Josef Hartwig / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Bauhaus-Archiv
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
BR49.576.A-HH
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The chessboard (BR49.576.GG) is part of BR49.576.A-HH (Josef Hartwig, Chess Set), but Peter Nisbet does not think it is a Bauhaus design. (K.Mims, 1/17/2002)

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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