Pocket Chess Set

Marcel Duchamp (American, born France, 1887–1968)

1944

On view — Gallery 396 at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Medium

Rectified readymade (one of about 25 unnumbered examples): pocket chessboard in leather, celluloid, and pins

Dimensions

6 5/16 × 4 1/8 in. (16 × 10.5 cm)(closed); 6 5/16 × 8 5/8 in. (16 × 22 cm)(open)

Origin

United States