A SCALE 1:50 MAQUETTE OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE RIETVELD SCHRÖDER HOUSE

BY WERKPLAATS VOOR ARCHITECTUUR UTRECHT AND BERTUS MULDER, CIRCA 1974

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A SCALE 1:50 MAQUETTE OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE RIETVELD SCHRÖDER HOUSE
BY WERKPLAATS VOOR ARCHITECTUUR UTRECHT AND BERTUS MULDER, CIRCA 1974
Constructed from wood, paper and plasic, mounted on a rectangular wooden base, the underside with a label inscribed Rietveld Schröder huis (model) Collection: Bertus Mulder, Utrecht via Centraal Museum Utrecht and with two other labels, one numbered 2-029, the other numbered c/No. 16 1/1, together with a perspex box, and together with a tailor-made crate with various labels among one inscribed cat no. 25 Rietveld Exhibition and another one inscribed Shipper: South bank centre Londen Consignee: Werkplaats v. A. Utrecht
The maquette 22 cm. high x 34 cm. wide x 28 cm. deep; the perspex cover and base 30.5 cm. high x 40 cm. wide x 34 cm. deep; the crate 30 cm. high x 40 cm. wide x 32 cm. deep

Provenance

Bertus Mulder, Utrecht.

Literature

4. Page 71, with two illustrations of the maquette. On page 70 Bertus Mulder describes how building the maquette helped him understand how the house was contructed.

Exhibited

Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Rietveld Schröder huis 50 jaar, 7 March - 4 May 1975,
London, Royal Festival Hall, Rietveld Furniture and The Schröder House, 27 August - 29 September 1991.

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Lot Essay

"When I started preparing for the restoration of the exterior of the Rietveld Schröder House in 1974, I had to know how the house works. I needed assurance in order to take the right decisions regarding the method of restoration later on. At that time there was no experience yet with the restoration of modern architecture. I started making a model of the exterior of the house, took it apart and put it together again. Then I knew how the house was constructed and knew the significance of the various components in the overall picture. When the restoration was finished, I put together an exhibition in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht where the maquette was shown. The maquette has been exhibited on several exhibitions in London, Dublin and Copenhagen."

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