Chess Set
Jul 2 2009, Naveen

The granddaughter to well-known painter Henri Matisse has painted five unique chess sets for an exhibition called “The Art of the Game” for the Beyond the Border International Contemporary Art Fair. Each chess set is individually numbered and...

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