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Two men sitting at a table playing chess.
Chess Players
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Chess Players

Artist Joseph Leboit (American, born 1907)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project (1935 - 1943)
Date1936-1943
MediumIntaglio
Dimensionssheet: 14 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (36.8 x 45.1 cm)
image: 10 7/8 x 14 1/2 in. (27.6 x 36.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineCourtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration, commissioned through the New Deal Art Projects, with gratitude to Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams.
Object numberL2012.54.37
Collections
Visual DescriptionTwo men sitting at a table playing chess.
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Photo date: 1956; Print date: 2016
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1936-1943
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1935-1943
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Untitled
Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project
1936-1943
Five men singing for their supper at a shelter.
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A black and white print of a boy in a cap standing on a wooden boardwalk surrounded by pigeons. Behind him, men lean against a railing, with a small building and a distant industrial skyline in the background.
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Ruth Chaney
1936-1943
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