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Marcel Duchamp — The Chess Players
Marcel Duchamp

The Chess Players

Marcel Duchamp's etching depicting two figures engaged in a chess game on handmade laid paper with full margins. The work reflects the artist's intellectual fascination with strategy and game theory.

Medium
Etching, on handmade laid paper, with full margins.

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Evening & Day Editions

June 7, 2018

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Marcel Duchamp, The Chess Players

Marcel Duchamp's etching depicting two figures engaged in a chess game on handmade laid paper with full margins. The work reflects the artist's intellectual fascination with strategy and game theory.

Medium
Etching, on handmade laid paper, with full margins.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Intellectual Art, Etching, Conceptual Art, Chess, Modernism, Marcel Duchamp, Figurative

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Art Institute of Chicago