Bunyon's Chess

{{Short description|Sculpture in Seattle, Washington, U.S.}}

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| caption = The sculpture in 2007

| artist = Mark di Suvero

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| year = {{start date|1965}}

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| type = Sculpture

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• wood

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| city = Seattle, Washington

| museum = Olympic Sculpture Park (Seattle Art Museum)

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Bunyon's Chess is an outdoor 1965 sculpture by Mark di Suvero, installed at Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, Washington.{{cite web|url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/sculpturepark/2003518555_sculptureblurbs140.html |title=Sculpture Park | The art & artists, a walking guide | Seattle Times Newspaper |website=Old.seattletimes.com |date=2010-05-19 |access-date=2016-09-18}}{{cite web |last=Peters |first=Sue |url=http://archive.seattleweekly.com/2007-01-03/calendar/seattle-weekly-s-recommended-events/ |title=Seattle News and Events | Seattle Weekly's Recommended Events |website=Archive.seattleweekly.com |date=2007-02-12 |access-date=2016-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818002803/http://archive.seattleweekly.com/2007-01-03/calendar/seattle-weekly-s-recommended-events/ |archive-date=2016-08-18 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2016/02/olympic_sculpture_park_where_c.html |title=A sculpture park fit for the gods - and Seattle's skyline too |website=OregonLive.com |date=21 February 2016 |access-date=2016-09-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sculpture.org/documents/programsandevents/conferences/Seattle2007/article5.pdf |title=Olympic Sculpture Park:Icons and Monuments |access-date=2016-08-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114072857/http://www.sculpture.org/documents/programsandevents/conferences/Seattle2007/article5.pdf |archive-date=2016-01-14 }} The stainless steel and wood piece is {{Convert|22|ft|m}} tall.{{cite web|url=http://www1.seattleartmuseum.org/eMuseum/code/emuseum.asp?collection=6096&collectionname=WEB.Olympic%20Sculpture%20Park&style=browse¤trecord=1&page=collection&profile=objects&searchdesc=WEB.Olympic%20Sculpture%20Park&newvalues=1&newstyle=single&newcurrentrecord=8|title=Bunyon's Chess|publisher=Seattle Art Museum|access-date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822130444/http://www1.seattleartmuseum.org/eMuseum/code/emuseum.asp?collection=6096&collectionname=WEB.Olympic%20Sculpture%20Park&style=browse¤trecord=1&page=collection&profile=objects&searchdesc=WEB.Olympic%20Sculpture%20Park&newvalues=1&newstyle=single&newcurrentrecord=8|archive-date=August 22, 2016|url-status=dead}}

Conservation work on Bunyon's Chess was completed by the Seattle Art Museum in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://samblog.seattleartmuseum.org/2018/05/new-cedar-for-bunyons-chess/|title=New Cedar for Bunyon's Chess|last=Brown|first=Liz|date=May 30, 2018|website=Seattle Art Museum Blog|access-date=3 April 2019}}