Piece deployed on a chessboard and moved during the game

A queen chess piece next to a condom on a chess board with the diagonal statement in Spanish 'Queen takes control'; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Ana Busto/Caterina Borelli, ca. 1994.

1 print : lithograph, printed in black/grey, red and white ; sheet 84.1 x 59.4 cm

Chessmen (chess pieces) in the form of Saracens and Crusaders.

32 sculptures : ivory, 16 of them painted in red ; various sizes

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Chessmen (chess pieces) in the form of Saracens and Crusaders.

A queen chess piece next to a condom on a chess board with the diagonal statement in Spanish 'Queen takes control'; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Ana Busto/Caterina Borelli, ca. 1994.