GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD (1888-1964)
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GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD (1888-1964)

MILITARY CHAIR, DESIGNED 1923-6

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GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD (1888-1964)
MILITARY CHAIR, DESIGNED 1923-6
one of two executed 1930, black-stained wood with chromed steel bolts
35¼ in. (88.5 cm.) high; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep
Provenance
Guus van Dijk
Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne
Literature
Marijke Küper & Ida van Zijl, Gerrit Rietveld: The Complete Works 1888-1964, Utrecht, 1992, p. 93, cat. no. 73 (design illustrated)
Peter Vöge, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Rotterdam, 1993, p. 69, cat. no. 77 (design illustrated)
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Sale room notice
This lot should read this is one of four chairs commissioned and not two.

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