Man Ray Chess Set Options:Chess Pieces the Helene Spinning Top is

the Helene Spinning Top is as mesmerizing at rest as it is in motion

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cleverly displayed in a carved wooden-branch

flowing outward like ripples on a pond

In addition to her brilliantly inventive use of paper-engineering

Man Ray Chess Set Options:Chess Pieces the Helene Spinning Top isThis design was inspired by Man Ray's lifelong friendship with avid chess player and fellow artist Marcel Duchamp. In this re edition of the 1920s Wooden Chess Set, a metal version of which is in the MoMA collection, Man Ray translates traditional chess pieces in geometric forms. Chess set and board sold separately. Made in Germany from solid beechwood with clear lacquered and black painted finishes; wool felt pads.