DESIGNED BY GERRIT TH. RIETVELD IN 1935, EXECUTED IN 1938-1940

Details

A limed elmwood Zigzagtable
Designed by Gerrit Th. Rietveld in 1935, executed in 1938-1940
The rectangular table top resting on two U-shaped feet
71cm. high x 200cm. wide x 77cm. deep
See illustration

Provenance

The De Wolff Peereboom family, purchased circa 1940

Special notice

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.

Lot Essay

Painter Charley Toorop mentioned the Rietveld interior of De Wolff Peereboom in a letter to Leo Gestel, dated 14 November 1941. See M. Trappeniers, Leo Gestel als Modernist, Haarlem 1983, p.29, for the letter by Toorop.

For comparison see also:
Peter Vöge, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Rotterdam, 1993, p. 86-87, no. 128
Marijke Küper and Ida van Zijl, G.Th. Rietveld 1888-1964, het volledige werk, Utrecht, 1992, p. 147, for the design drawing

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