Chess Set by F. Lanier Graham

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Section 1. PUBLICATIONS of CHESS SET DRAWINGS

 

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Cover image ofor 'MoMA Chess Set'

“MoMA Chess Set, Plan View as Boxed,” page 1 (cover) of
CHESS SET: A NOTE BY THE DESIGNER
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1968. 1st Edition
[printed blue on white]

Image of MOMA Chess Set cover.

“MoMA Chess Set, Plan View as Boxed, page 1 (cover) of 
CHESS SET: A NOTE BY THE DESIGNER
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2010. 2nd Edition
[printed black on white]

 

Image of page from 'Chess Sets' publication.

“MoMA Chess Set, Perspectives, Sections, & Fields of Play,” page 3 of 
CHESS SET: A NOTE BY THE DESIGNER 
New York: MoMA, 2010. 2nd Edition

 


“Modular Design Elements for the MoMA Chess Set,” page 79 in 
CHESS SETS 
New York: Walker & Company, 1968. 1st Edition [drawn 1967]

 

Image of page from 'Chess Sets' book.

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“Studies for Computerized Chess Sets” (4 sets), page 83 in 
CHESS SETS 
New York: Walker & Company, 1968. 1st Edition
 [drawn 1968]

 

Image of design for Chess Set Bishop.

“Bishop from a Chess Set Design for playing 3-D Chess,” page 84 in 
CHESS SETS 
New York: Walker & Company, 1968
. 1st Edition [drawn 1968]

 


 

Image of Chess Set patent papers.

“CHESSMEN and PACKAGE CONTAINING SAME” 
U.S. PATENT # 3,517,935. Filed June 27, 1967. Patented June 30, 1970 
www.freepatentsonline.com
(Legal drawings by Lester Clark, esq. based on FLG’s drawings)

 


“MoMA Set, Plan View as Boxed”
reproduced online at 
LOG 24 by Steven H. Cullinane @ http://m759.net/wordpress/?m=200901 
Jan. 2009 
Pages 36 & 44 of 66

“MoMA Set, King’s Field of Play” reproduced online at 
LOG 24 by Steven H. Cullinane @ http://m759.net/wordpress/?m=200901 
Jan. 2009 
Pages 31 & 32 of 66

“MoMA Set, Perspectives” reproduced online at 
LOG 24 by Steven H. Cullinane @ http://m759.net/wordpress/?m=200901 
Jan. 2009 
Pages 31 & 32 of 66

An Analysis of the Design modules of the MoMA Set 
Compared with FLG’s plan drawing of the MoMA Set
& a photograph of Humphry Bogart by a door with 
a grid pattern somewhat like the above 
reproduced online at 
LOG 24 by Steven H. Cullinane @ http://m759.net/wordpress/?m=200901 
Jan. 2009 
Pages 35 & 36 of 66

 

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