Portrait of chess players 1911
By David Astle
Published 1 January 2021
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.