![A vertical cream prospectus for Josef Hartwig's Bauhaus chess set with German text in black and red rotated at various angles, and three small black and red squares forming a right-angled right angle. To the left, rotated counter-clockwise in black capitalised German text is written [LUXUS U. GEBRAUCHSSPIELE], meaning [Luxury Use Games], with the LUXUS in a larger font than the U. GEBRAUCHSSPIELE. In the center, the German words [BAUHAUS HARTWIG], meaning [Bauhaus Hartwig] are written in black capitals, with the German word SCHACH, meaning [CHESS] written in red capitals underneath in larger font, with the S taking up the space of both lines. To the right of the 'h' of SCHACH the German words [ZU BEZIEHEN DURCH], meaning [released by] are written in small capitalised black letters. Below this to the right in black capitalised German text is written [STAATL. BAUHAUS WEIMAR], meaning [State Bauhaus Weimar], with Bauhaus Weimar underlined, implying that the chess set was released by the State Bauhaus in Weimar. Rotated counter-clockwise and growing from the 'h' in SCHACH the German words [GES. GESCH] are written in black capitals. Above and to the right of the 'h' in GESCH are three small black and red squares forming a right angled right angle, the bottom square is black with a red diamond inside, the square above is a red right angle with a black square at the bottom left and the square to the top left is black with a red x inside. To the top left of the square, capitalised black underlined German text reads [DIE SPIELSTEINE], meaning [The Game] with the German words [SIND IHREN FUNKTONEN] written in black capitals underneath. To the right of the black and red squares capitalised black German text reads [ENTSPRECHEND GESTALT], meaning [shape accordingly], possibly refering to the shape of the squares.]( https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/358854_762bd5d79473231c_b.jpg
"Prospectus, Bauhaus Hartwig Schach (Bauhaus Hartwig Chess), 1924")
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Prospectus, Bauhaus Hartwig Schach (Bauhaus Hartwig Chess), 1924
This is a prospectus.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Merrill Berman as part of Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master.
This leaflet promotes a chess set designed by Josef Hartwig (German, 1880–1955). The pieces use basic geometry to express how each one moves.
It is credited Collection of Merrill C. Berman.
- Drawing, Study of an Abstracted Running Figure
- brush and black and blue watercolor on paper.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-1040
- Book Illustration, Les mots en liberté futuristes (Futurist words in...
- Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
- 32.2019.3
- Poster, Obsessive-Compulsive Design
- offset lithograph on cream wove paper.
- Gift of Edward Fella.
- 2002-8-16
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- Prospectus, Bauhaus Bücher (Bauhaus Books]
- letterpress.
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- letterpress.
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Its dimensions are
H x W: 11.9 × 14.9 cm (4 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master.
