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GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD (1888-1964)
A 'Berlin' chair, designed 1923, executed circa 1962-1964
painted wood
executed by Gerard van de Groenekan, De Bilt, the Netherlands
41 ¾ x 27 x 21 ¾ in. (106 x 69 x 55 cm.)
underside with partial cabinetmaker's paper label G.A.v.d. GROENEKAN/Utrechtsweg 315, DE BILT and additional typewritten label Mr. and Mrs. Brian Housden/78 South Hill Park/London NW3
Provenance
Mr & Mrs Brian Housden, London, supplied directly by the designer;
Thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
This lot illustrated:
Rietveld Furniture and the Schroder House, exh. cat., The South Bank Centre, London, UK, 1990, n.p.;
E. Heathcote, ‘Dutch Courage’, Wallpaper Magazine, no. 146, May 2011, pp. 146, 151.
Another example illustrated:
P. Vöge, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Rotterdam, 1993, p. 16, fig. 16, p. 61, fig. 53.
Exhibited
De Stijl, Camden Arts Centre, London, 1968;
2D/3D – art and craft designed and made for the twentieth century, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1987;
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld 1888 – 1964, Bede Gallery, Jarrow, 1990;
Rietveld, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, 1990;
Rietveld Furniture and the Schroder House, travelling exhibition 1990-1991, Mead Gallery, Arts Centre, Coventry; The Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester; Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow; Southampton City Art Gallery and Royal Festival Hall, London.
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