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GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD (1888-1964)
A 'Red Blue' armchair, designed 1918-1921, executed circa 1955-1960
painted beech, painted beech-veneered plywood
executed by Gerard van de Groenekan, De Bilt, the Netherlands
34 ½ x 23 ½ x 32 ¼ in. (87.5 x 60 x 82 cm.)
Provenance
Mr & Mrs Brian Housden, London, supplied directly by the designer;
Thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
This lot illustrated:
E. Heathcote, ‘Dutch Courage’, Wallpaper Magazine, no. 146, May 2011, pp. 146, 151;
T. Brooks, ‘The Curious Case of Brian Housden’, AA Files, no. 66, Architectural Association, London, 2013, n.p.
Other examples illustrated:
P. Vöge, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Rotterdam, 1993, pp. 11, 19, 35, 59, no. 46;
I. van Zijl, Gerrit Rietveld, New York, 2010, pp. 34-35, 65-66, 81, 203.
Exhibited
De Stijl, Camden Arts Centre, London, 1968;
Relax, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1971;
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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