Chess Set

Provenance

Commissioned in 1926 by Yashwant Rao II, Holkar Bahador, Maharaja of Indore (1908–1961), and realized by the artist in 1927; Timothy Baum, New York, by 1991 [correspondence in curatorial file]; purchased by the Art Institute, 1991.

Chess Set

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)

1927

Accession Number

111634

Medium

Brass, silver, and gold; Case: wood, faux-leather, silk, cotton, iron alloy hinges, and copper alloy clasps

Dimensions

Installation dimensions variable; Case: 57.8 × 40.7 × 6.4 cm (22 3/4 × 16 × 2 1/2 in.)

Classification

silver

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mary P. Hines in memory of Harold H. Hines, Jr.; Samuel A. Marx Endowment