About the Artwork
Book Chess No. 1
1984
Takako Saito
born 1929
Japanese
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Offset lithograph on paper, plywood box
Overall (each booklet): 1 9/16 × 1 5/8 × 1/8 inches (4 × 4.1 × 0.3 cm) Overall (box): 7/8 × 13 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches (2.2 × 34.3 × 34.3 cm)
Artists Books
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2024.68
Restricted
Markings
Signed and dated, in black ink, on inside of wood cover: '84 Takako Signed and dated on included note card, in black ink, lower right: 84 Takako
Titled, in black ink, on inside of wood cover: Buchschachspiel Nr. 1 Editioned, in black in, under title: 3/5 Note card included: Buchschachspiel Nr. 1 | Während des Spiels, wenn ein Spieler | die Figur des Gegenspielers nicht mehr | weiβ, welche Figur es ist, frag ihn | die Vorzulesen. | Wenn ein Spieler eine Figur tauschen | will, siehe das Buch unter der Figur | an. Wenn es die gleiche Figur ist, | kann er tauschen. | 84 Takako
Stamped, in blue, inside of wood cover: Noodle Edition | Takako Saito | Ritterstrasse 11 | 4 Düsseldorf | Telefon 32 70 66
Provenance
1985, sold by the artist;1985-2020, purchased by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA), accessioned to the collection in 2023
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Takako Saito: Objekte. Exh. cat., Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany. Düsseldorf, 1988, cat. 3, p. 8.
Takako Saito: Schachspiele, Spiele und Bücher. Exh. cat., Harlekin Art. Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, 1989, cat. 9, p. 7 (ill.)
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© Takako Saito / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Takako Saito, Book Chess No. 1, 1984, offset lithograph on paper, plywood box. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.68.
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