A WOODEN CHESS SET IN COVERED BOX
A WOODEN CHESS SET IN COVERED BOX

JOSEF HARTWIG, FOR THE BAUHAUS, DESSAU, CIRCA 1928

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A WOODEN CHESS SET IN COVERED BOX
Josef Hartwig, for the Bauhaus, Dessau, circa 1928
box 2 x 5 x 5in. (5.7 x 12.7 x 12.7cm.)
the interior of the lid stamped HARTWIG BAUHAUS DESSAU GES.GESCH.
Provenance
Barry Friedman, New York

Lot Essay

cf. Herbert Bayer, Walter Gropius and Ise Gropius, eds., Bauhaus 1919-1928, 1938, p. 44 for an illustration and description of the chess set pieces: a small cube and a large cube, a right angle surmounting square, a cube with cross cut from top on diagonal, a small cube set diagonally on a larger cube, and a cylinder and ball.

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