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Chess Set (Board)

Victor Vasarely

Artwork Details

Chess Set (Board)
circa 1980
Victor Vasarely
acrylic sculpture
1 3/16 in. x 28 1/8 in. x 28 1/16 in. ( 3 cm x 71.5 cm x 71.2 cm )
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick
2004/2.86II

Description

Subject Matter:

An optical art treatment of a chess set. Vasarely loved the game of chess. His acrylic chess set is playful and optically dazzling.

Physical Description:

Acrylic chess set. The playing pieces are of various geometric shapes. The board and the space that surrounds it are covered with a colorful grid pattern, which each square filled with a circle.

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