Duchamp, seated next to his wife Teeny, playing chess in a performance with John Cage.

Duchamp, seated next to his wife Teeny, playing chess in a performance with John Cage.

Thursday Mar 31 08:45pm
White knight from Duchamp’s Buenos Aires chess set.

White knight from Duchamp’s Buenos Aires chess set.

Thursday Mar 17 12:38pm
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Marcel Duchamp playing chess, 1952

breakflows:

Marcel Duchamp playing chess, 1952

Sunday Feb 27 03:27pm
Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp

Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp

Saturday Jan 29 06:39pm
Program for John Cage’s Reunion, featuring the artist and Marcel Duchamp playing chess on a board wired to produce sound at each move of the pieces.

Program for John Cage’s Reunion, featuring the artist and Marcel Duchamp playing chess on a board wired to produce sound at each move of the pieces.

Wednesday Jan 19 11:07pm
Duchamp with a chess set designed and presented to him by Max Ernst.
“I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art — and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.”    

Duchamp with a chess set designed and presented to him by Max Ernst.

“I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art — and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.”    

Friday Jan 14 01:09am
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Walter Hopps arranged for Marcel Duchamp to play chess with a nude woman (Pasadena, 1963).

orenji:

Walter Hopps arranged for Marcel Duchamp to play chess with a nude woman (Pasadena, 1963).

Thursday Jan 13 11:07am
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