Modernist Chess
1950s Modernist Chess Set
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A modernist chess set in chrome-plated brass with a vintage cork board. The pieces are
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Brass
Vintage French Lucite Modernist Chess Set, 1970s
Located in Zwijndrecht, Antwerp
A particular minimalist french chess game dated to the 1970’s. It features a modernist design with
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Modernist Chess Set #5606 by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
A chessboard made from black and natural leather with 32 nickel pieces.
Designed in the 1950s by Carl Auböck. Made in Vienna.
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Nickel
Modernist Chess Game in Two Colored Travertine, Italy 1970s
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Brussels , BE
Very special set of chess made out of solid travertine. Two sets available.
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Vintage 1970s Games
Materials
Travertine
Bicolor Travertine Chess Game Angelo Mangiarotti Style, Italy, 1970s
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Rome, IT
Rare modernist chess game in two colored travertine in the style of Italian design Angelo
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Travertine, Marble
1960s Alberto Giacometti Inspired Brutalist Bronze Chess Set. Italy
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Wonderful vintage 1960s era artisan handcrafted bronze Brutalist / Modernist chess set in the style
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Brutalist Game Boards
Materials
Brass
Rene Dumas Lucite Sculptural Chess Players French Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
The designer of these amazing vintage French lucite modernist chess players from the 1970s are by
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Vintage 1970s French Modern Games
Materials
Lucite
Rene Dumas Vintage Lucite Aubergine and Clear Sculptural Chess Players French
Located in North Miami, FL
The designer of these amazing vintage French Lucite modernist chess players from the 1970s are by
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Vintage 1970s French Modern Games
Materials
Lucite
Sculptural Italian Chess Set in the Style of Alberto Giacometti
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Chess set, brass, bronze, Italy, 1960s
Wonderful, modernist chess set made in the style of Italian
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Game Boards
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Modernist Boxed Wood Chess Pieces
Located in Garnerville, NY
A fine boxed set of carved wood modernist chessmen. The two sets are made of hardwood and
Category
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Games
Materials
Wood
Signed Acrylic Modernist Bauhaus Inspired Chess Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large, and quite spectacular acrylic MidCentury chess set. The board is very thick and
Category
20th Century Bauhaus Games
Materials
Acrylic
Modernist Columbia Aluminum Chess Set by Scott Wolfe
By Scott Wolfe
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Columbia aluminum chess set by Scott Wolfe. Chess board measures 15.75" wide. Chess pieces vary
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Vintage 1970s American Modern Centerpieces
Materials
Aluminum
1972 Modernist Columbia Aluminum Chess Set by Scott Wolfe
By Scott Wolfe
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage 1972 MCM Modernist Columbia Aluminum Chess Set by Scott Wolfe
Boxed Vintage Set
15.63 x
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Aluminum
1960s Modernist Striking Chess Game Set Aluminum and Walnut Wood
By Austin Enterprises
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Modern chess game set in aluminum and walnut wood
Unmarked
Preowned vintage condition
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Aluminum
Carl Aubock Modernist Cast Iron Chess Game Set with Handmade Leather Board
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A very exceptional and beautiful Minimalist Mid-Century Modern chess game, model #5606, designed by
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Iron, Nickel
H 3 in W 14.5 in D 14.5 in
Liberty vs Slavery Van Loen Bronze Abstract Chess Set Modernist Museum Sculpture
By Alfred Van Loen
Located in Surfside, FL
Alfred Van Loen signed 32 piece chess set. In heavy solid bronze.
Rare Chess Game: Liberty versus
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1960s Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Leather Games Table Backgammon or Chess
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Vintage leather wrapped table in modernist style that can flip between chess board and backgammon
Category
Mid-20th Century Game Tables
Materials
Leather
Maison Jansen Modernist Backgammon Games Table
Located in Dallas, TX
a black colored border, center chess board etched with black and red "points" creating a beautiful
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Materials
Chrome
Mixed Media Abstract Modernist Painting Dean Nimmer
By Dean Nimmer
Located in Surfside, FL
and industry norms of the time. After signing to Chess Records, a then exclusively black Rhythm and
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Mixed Media Abstract Modernist Painting Dean Nimmer
By Dean Nimmer
Located in Surfside, FL
band that challenged the sonic conventions and industry norms of the time. After signing to Chess
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Modernist Bronze Sculpture of Male Nude by Irving Amen, Ca. 1960
By Irving Amen
Located in New York, NY
Cubism, Abstract art, Expressionism, and Realism. His work often depicts themes of Judaism, chess, people
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
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Bronze
Modernist Folk Art Acrylic on Canvas "Quincy Market" W.N.Y. Artist George Grace
Located in Buffalo, NY
United States. He is also a playwright, poet, tournament chess player and just retired from remodeling
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Vintage 1980s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
H 52 in W 30 in D 2 in
1960s 18K Rose and White Gold Chessman Knight Equine Silhouette Cufflinks
Located in Palm Springs, CA
and are a perfect gift for a chess player. Unsigned and measuring 1/2". In very good vintage
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Vintage 1960s American Modernist Cufflinks
Materials
18k Gold, Gold
Hans Richter 1971 Sculptural Dadaism Geometric Pendant Brooch in 18t Yellow Gold
By Hans Richter
Located in Miami, FL
, Richter directed two feature films, Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947) and 8 x 8: A Chess Sonata in 8
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Vintage 1970s German Modernist More Jewelry
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
W 2.16 in D 0.31 in Dm 2.16 in L 2.16 in
Lino Sabatinni For Christofle / Gallia, Paris - Ice Bucket, c.1960
By Lino Sabattini, Christofle
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous ice minimalist / modernist silver plated ice bucket, I believe in the Windsor pattern
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
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A Spring Landscape, Floris Jespers, Antwerp 1889 – 1965, Belgian, Signed
Located in Bruges, BE
Ostaijen (1896 – 1928), who brought him into contact with international modernist art movements. The
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Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 22.05 in W 29.14 in D 1.97 in
Shady Lane
By William Meyerowitz
Located in Lawrence, NY
the middle background.
William Meyerowitz was an important early American modernist painter who
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1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
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The Appropriation piece: Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein Unique var.
By Richard Pettibone
Located in New York, NY
“new” subject matter drawn from
his usual roster of European modernists and American postwar
artists
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1970s Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Masonite, Pencil, Screen, Mixed Media
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Pearl Royale 18K White Gold, Diamond, Sapphire and South Sea Pearl Chess Set
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Travertine dining table
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1960s Sergio Mazza 'Gamma' Sconces for Artemide
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1960s Sergio Mazza 'Gamma' sconce for Artemide. Executed in nickeled brass and pressed opaline glass, Italy.
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Bespoke Round Italian Dining Table in Travertine
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
Modernist chess set in bronze and nickel. A great set.
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1970s French Modernist Glass Brass and Chrome Chess Set
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1970s chess set designed and manufactured in France.
Glass board with brass feet. chrome-plated
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Games
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Art Deco Dynamique Creations Johnson Furniture Co. Skyscraper Game / Card Table
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Located in Dallas, TX
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Located in Gravesend, GB
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Vintage 1970s French Games
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Modernist Minimalist Chess Set
Located in Chicago, IL
Bronze and steel modernist chess set. Very minimalist. Original box but no cover.
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20th Century American Games
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Modernist Bauhaus Chess Set designed by Josef Hartwig
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Located in Berlin, DE
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By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
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Located in San Diego, CA
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By Scott Wolfe
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Materials
Aluminum
H 2.25 in W 8.25 in D 8.13 in
Dutch Art Deco octagonal chess table and chess set, ca. 1950s
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A modernist - Dutch Art Deco one of a kind octagonal chess table with inlay of formica. Estimated
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Art Deco Game Tables
Materials
Elm
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H 22.05 in W 20.48 in D 20.48 in
Allan Calhamer Chess Set
By Allan Calhamer
Located in Chicago, IL
This painted wood chess set was designed and made by Allan B. Calhamer, the inventor of the highly
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Wood
1960s Walter Wright Sterling Silver Knight Chess Player Cufflinks
Located in Palm Springs, CA
American modernist sterling silver knight cufflinks made by Walter Wright. Cufflinks have good
Category
Vintage 1960s American Modernist Cufflinks
Materials
Sterling Silver
Greek Key Mid-Century Modern Chrome, Brass & Copper Chess Set /SALE
Located in North Miami, FL
These signed small vintage Greek chess set has the modernist yet Classic Greek key pattern. Signed
Category
Vintage 1960s Greek Classical Greek Games
Materials
Brass, Copper, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Acrylic and Aluminum Chess Set by, Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Englewood, NJ
An American Mid-Century Modern acrylic and aluminum chess set by, Charles Hollis Jones with one set
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Aluminum
Malta (Italian Modernist Mediterranean island lithograph)
By Marcel Mouly
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
of bread to carve chess pieces. Little did he know this would be the origin to his career as a
Category
1980s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 31 in W 34 in D 1.5 in
Still Life With Fruit Modernist Oil Painting
By Boris Vassiloff
Located in Surfside, FL
house events on weekends and was happiest while working in his studio. Vassiloff was an avid chess
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Modernist Chess For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the modernist chess you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A modernist chess — often made from metal, wood and aluminum — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a modernist chess — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A modernist chess, designed in the Mid-Century Modern or Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made modernist chess has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Carl Auböck, Werkstätte Carl Auböck and Austin Enterprises are consistently popular.
How Much is a Modernist Chess?
The average selling price for a modernist chess at 1stDibs is $1,860, while they’re typically $275 on the low end and $18,000 for the highest priced.
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