Bowdoin College Museum of Art | - Ready Made Chess Set ("Duchamp in Check")

Preview image of work. mixed media with plastic, wood, glass, metal, tobacco, coffee, paint on wooden box with black chess pieces, Ready Made Chess Set ("Duchamp in Check") 36454

2018.10.11

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Ready Made Chess Set ("Duchamp in Check")

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Artist

Charles Juhàsz Alvarado (Philippines, 1965 – )

Title

Ready Made Chess Set ("Duchamp in Check")

Creation Date

1995

Century

late 20th century

Dimensions

5 1/4 x 18 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. (13.34 x 47.94 x 47.94 cm)

Classification

Sculpture

Creation Place

North America, United States, Puerto Rico

Medium and Support

mixed media with plastic, wood, glass, metal, tobacco, coffee, paint on wooden box with black chess pieces

Credit Line

Archival Collection of Marion Boulton Stroud and Acadia Summer Arts Program, Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Gift from the Marion Boulton "Kippy" Stroud Foundation

Copyright

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