A BLACK AND WHITE PAINTED WOOD BENCH

DESIGNED BY GERRIT TH. RIETVELD, EXECUTED BEFORE 1948, PROBABLY BY RIETVELD'S WORKSHOP

Details

A BLACK AND WHITE PAINTED WOOD BENCH
Designed by Gerrit th. Rietveld, executed before 1948, probably by Rietveld's workshop
The plank seat supported by two plain sides, together with a long cushion
32 cm. high x 120 cm. wide x 37 cm. deep

Provenance

Gerrit Th. Rietveld until 1961;
Bertus Mulder, Utrecht.

Literature

1. Page 170, cat. nr. 248, with an illustration of a photograph from ca. 1947 showing Rietveld's home and the bench with cushion in situ.

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Lot Essay

"This bench fits the furniture that Rietveld brought together for a 'residential suggestion' by him at a furniture exhibition at the Bijenkorf in Amsterdam in 1954. The theme of the exhibition was 'the colour scheme 1954'.
This bench with its cushion is visible on the 1947 photograph of the interior of Rietveld's house on Vredenburg in Utrecht. Here it is still unpainted. I painted it black and white in accordance with the stools on the photograph of the exhibition at the Bijenkorf (Centraal Museum, cat. Nr. 465)."

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