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Checkmate

1961

Vera Berdich

Artist, American, 1915 - 2003

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Artwork overview

Provenance

the artist, Chicago, Illinois; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, 1963; acquired 1964 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Imp. -; lower center in graphite: Checkmate; lower right in graphite: Vera Berdich 1961

Wikidata ID

Q65512277