A 'berlin' chair

DESIGNED BY GERRIT RIETVELD IN 1923, MADE BY G. A. VAN DE GROENEKAN, PROBABLY 1960S

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A 'berlin' chair
Designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1923, made by G. A. van de Groenekan, probably 1960s
Black, grey and white painted wooden units
41¾in. (105.8cm.) high
Printed paper label affixed to underside G.A.v.d. Groenekan Utrechtsweg 315, DE Bilt Nederland

Lot Essay

This chair is named after the design produced by Rietveld for the Dutch Pavilion at the Juryfreie Kunstschau exhibition in Berlin in 1923. It was Rietveld's first asymmetric design, and both left hand and right versions are known.
See: L'Architecture Vivante, Vol. 3, 1923.
Baroni, pp. 92/3, no. 16.
Kper and van Zijl, p. 92.
Vöge, p. 60, no. 53.

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