Bill Beckley

Checkmate-on-Pond (Black)
1995

A unique artwork featuring two side-by-side images of a chessboard submerged underwater with live goldfish swimming around and above the chess pieces. The entire piece is framed in a dark wooden frame.
A unique artwork featuring two side-by-side images of a chessboard submerged underwater with live goldfish swimming around and above the chess pieces. The entire piece is framed in a dark wooden frame.

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Date
1995

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Silver dye bleach print (Ilfochrome)

Dimensions
Overall: 29 7/8 × 53 7/16 × 1 13/16in. (75.9 × 135.7 × 4.6 cm) Sheet (sight, each): 19 5/16 × 19 1/4in. (49.1 × 48.9 cm) Frame: 29 7/8 × 53 7/16 × 1 13/16in. (75.9 × 135.7 × 4.6 cm)

Accession number
97.37

Edition
Unique

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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