Josef Hartwig, Bauhaus chess set (Model VII), 1923/24 / Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, photo: Fotostudio Bartsch, © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn

Josef Hartwig, Bauhaus chess set (Model VII), 1923/24 Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, photo: Fotostudio Bartsch, © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn

Josef Hartwig, Bauhaus chess set, 1923/24

Josef Hartwig was Work Master in the Sculpture Workshops in parallel with Oskar Schlemmer and was thus responsible for craftwork training. He is famous in particular for his puristic Chess Game (1923–24), the shapes of which visualize the moves and values of the figures.

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