About The Chess Queens Muriel Streeter Surrealist Painting
“The Chess Queens” 1944 is a double portrait of herself and Tanning. Streeter positioned the viewer at board level to be an active viewer in the game. This painting is a direct response to Max Ernst’s sculpture “The King Playing with the Queen” 1944. Streeter’s painting depicts black and white chess queens standing on a terrace with no king present. The queens stand against a landscape scattered with chess figures. Her painting proposes a narrative – one where Surrealist women artists sustained friendships. It was featured the same year in the exhibition “Imagery of Chess” at her husband’s gallery in New York.
About the Life Size Posters
The Chess Queens - Muriel Streeter - Surrealist Painting by Muriel Streeter. Bigger the better. Our life size posters are produced on acid-free 220 GSM papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a sufficent white border around the image to allow for future framing, if desired. Product will be shipped in 2-3 days