Man Ray Chess Board (Board Only)
IC Design, Man Ray Chess Board,
IC Design, Man Ray Chess Board,
IC Design, Man Ray Chess Board,

AMEICO Classics

Man Ray Chess Board

$240.00
SKU: IC-MRCB
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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 and was the inspiration for a larger silver version in the MoMA collection.

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.

Man Ray

Emmanuel Radnitzky, by far better known by his iconic pseudonym of Man Ray, was an American artist whose innovative work established him as the leading figure behind the concepts of Dada and Surrealism, as well as for the rest of the early avant-garde art.

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AMEICO Classics

Ameico Classics are historical reproductions significant to the 20th and 21st century design story. Produced by the Swiss company IC Design and other manufacturers, the products in this collection are re-editioned in cooperation with the designer’s estate or foundation.