Chessmen (32)

Max Nicholas Niemeier

1917 · Pear wood · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The pieces on the buff side are portraits of the military leaders on the German side in the first World War; the black side represents the opposing Allied leaders. The pawns are fighting men in various uniforms. The set was evidently made after the entry of America into the war in 1917. Max Nicolaus Niemeier (b. 1876) was a portraitist of the German school. A board of inlaid wood is en suite with the set.

Artist

Max Nicholas Niemeier

Date

1917

Medium

Pear wood

Culture

German

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948