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Chess Set, Georg Fuhg, 1941

veneering, l c.80cm × w c.80cm × h c.4cm More details
© erven Georg Fuhg

This chess set glorifies Nazi Germany’s urge to conquer. The pieces are shaped like weapons and the text in the border refers to countries occupied by Germany in 1939 and 1940. The chess set was made by a German soldier, artist Georg Fuhg from Königsberg, who was stationed in the Netherlands. It was shown in 1941 at the exhibition Kunst der Front organized by the German occupier in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

This work belongs to Chess Set (NG-C-2011-1)