Rodchenko, A. (1891-1956). Worker's Club chess table

Replica of Rodchenko's Constructivist masterpiece, ca. 1979, red and black table with chairs in one piece, w. loose chess pieces. Sizes: w: 183, h: 103, d: 78 cm, chess table at h. 80 cm. The chess table was part of the first constructivist interior: the Worker's Club model room, designed and executed by Rodchenko for the 'Exposition internationale des arts décoratiefs et industriels modernes' (Paris, 1925). The original contents of the room (incl. the chess table) have been missing since the middle of the 20th cent. There have been a few attempts to reconstruct the chess table, but this has proven to be difficult due to the lack of documentation about the original. The most notable reconstruction has been that of Centre Pompidou in 1979 for the Paris-Moscow Exhibition. In the 1980s a photograph was found of Rodchenko seated at the chess table. In it the table and the backing of the chair appear to be at the same height, while in earlier reconstructions the backing is always placed higher. The present table is in measurements nearly identical to the one at the Centre Pompidou. It is unclear whether this one was made after the design of Centre Pompidou, or whether the table of Centre Pompidou was produced in multiple copies, this being one of them.

Added: 3 secondary works, incl.: Rodchenko Chess table Paper Model, Scale 1:7. Thoth uitgeverij, 1989. * Very large object: to be collected or sent via third-party shipment.