Authorized Edition of Isamu Noguchi’s Chess Set and Board.
Of the many chess set designs made by major 20th century Modern artists few were both as innovative and deeply rooted in tradition as the Chess Set and Table ensemble created by Japanese – American sculptor Isamu Noguchi for the 1944 Imagery of Chess exhibition at Julien Levy Gallery in New York, organized by Levy and artists Marcel Duchamp and Max Ernst.
Pieces: Perspex plexiglass.
Board: Folding Perspex black plexiglass with red and translucent white circular inlays to represent squares.
Largest Piece - King: H:3", Board: 22” x 24”
Made in Switzerland.
