Lot 1: JOSEF HARTWIG (1880-1955) Bauhaus chess set, model XVI King 5 cm., Pawn 22 mm. Box 124 x 124 x 52 mm.

JOSEF HARTWIG (1880-1955)
Bauhaus chess set, model XVI
the complete set of 32 pieces in blonde and ebonised beech wood, 1923-24, in the original cardboard box, with paper label DAS BAUHAUS SCHACH SPIEL VON JOSEF HARTWIG, the label designed by Joost Schmidt (1893-1948), with a German copyright stamp on the underside of the queens, manufactured at the Bauhaus, Dessau, 1923-24, some minor wear, the box with some staining, generally in good condition
King 5 cm., Pawn 22 mm.
Box 124 x 124 x 52 mm.

Walter Gropius (1883-1969), Berlin and Boston (his inventory number A.38.3208/Gropius on a label attached to the base of the box).
Reginald R. Isaacs (1911-1986), Chicago and Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his son, Henry Isaacs (b. 1951), Portland, Maine; a gift from the above.
Acquired from Henry Isaacs by the present owner in 2003.