{"product_id":"chess-human-bronze-sculpture-abstract-figure-contemporary-art","title":"42cm\/16.5inH |Chess Human Bronze Sculpture – Abstract Strategic Male Figure Contemporary Art| TPXN-2377","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eChallenge the boundaries of reality and identity with this striking Conceptual Bronze Crouching Figure. Covered in a raised, grid-like pattern of chess symbols, the sculpture suggests that human existence is a grand game of strategy and control. 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