Live Auction 6938Important 20th Century Design
GERRIT RIETVELD; NETHERLANDS
Lot 93

GERRIT RIETVELD; NETHERLANDS

BERLIN CHAIR

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GERRIT RIETVELD; NETHERLANDS
BERLIN CHAIR
designed 1923, executed circa late 1950s by G.A. van den Groenikan, painted wood
41¾in.(106cm.) height; 31½in.(80cm.) width; 21¾in.(51.5cm.) depth
Underside with printed paper label G.A.v.d.Groenikan, Utrechtseweg 315, DE BILT, and beneath handwritten Nederland

The Chair, Christie's London, 29 October 1997, lot 55

Specialist note

This chair is named after the design produced by Rietveld for the Dutch Pavillion at the Juryfrei Kunstschau exhibition in Berlin in 1923. It was the architect's first assymetric design, and both left hand and right hand versions are known. The paper label to this example would propose a 1950s date of manufacture, which would appear to be consistent with a 1957-dated drawing of the design (recorded Vöge, p.60).