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A photograph of the man ray chess set official licensed set.
A photograph of the man ray chess set official licensed set from an angle.
A photograph of the man ray chess set official licensed set with knight and pawn.
A photograph of the man ray chess game pieces from the official licensed set.
A photograph of the man ray chess pieces in a row from the original licensed set.
A photograph of man ray playing chess.
A photograph of may ray's art work.

IC Design

Man Ray Chess Set

$690.00
Slower Thoughts

This design was inspired by Man Ray’s lifelong friendship with avid chess player and fellow artist Marcel Duchamp. This re-edition of the 1920s Wooden Chess Set is based on the original 1920 Man Ray Wooden Chess Set in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Made by Zurich-based IC Design, who specialize in the licensed re-editions of design classics and forgotten pieces by such visionaries as Man Ray.

Color: Black, Brown, and Beige

Product Details

In this set, Man Ray translates traditional chess pieces into pure geometric forms abandoning all classical and figurative characteristics used to define the pieces. Instead, he composed them of pure Euclidean geometric “ideal forms” - cube, sphere, pyramid and cone. Dadaist that he was, one discordant form was interjected into the set. He based the form of the Knight on a found object in his studio, the head scroll of a violin

 
Specifications

MATERIALS

Board: Veneered wood with clear lacquered and black painted finishes; wool felt bottom.

Pieces: Solid beech wood with clear lacquered and black painted finishes; wool felt pads are under each chess piece.

DIMENSIONS

Board: L: 17” x W: 17” x H: 0.75”

Pieces: Bishop: H: 2.75” /

King & Queen: H: 3.25” /

Knight: H: 2” /

Rook and Pawn: H: 1.4”
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