Portrait of chess players 1911

By David Astle

 

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In response to Marcel Duchamp's ‘Portrait of Chess Players’ 1911.

 

See the artwork that inspired this poem in the flesh, along with more than 100 of Marcel Duchamp’s world-renowned pieces, in ‘The Essential Duchamp’ exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 April – 11 August 2019.