A near pair of zig-zag chairs designed by G. Rietveld, executed by G. van de Groenekan 1964-1968

one en suite to the previous lot, the other of different construction, with pierced seat and backrest, the seat with three holes with screws and bolts, the backrest with two holes with screws and bolts, backrest and seat connected with two dove-tail joints, together with an enamelled metal sign of the architects firm of Rietveld, van Dillen & van Tricht

Purchased from Van de Groenekan in 1968 by the present owner, a former employee of Van Tricht & Timmler architects (formerly known as Rietveld, Van Dillen & Van Tricht)

M. Küper and I. van Zijl, Gerrit Th. Rietveld 1888-1964, Het volledige werk, Utrecht 1992, pp. 353-361; F. Bless, Rietveld 1888-1964, Een biografie, Amsterdam 1982, p. 159

On November 15^th 1961, Rietveld established a partnership with his fellow architects J. van Dillen and J. van Tricht, based in the Schröder house at Prins Hendriklaan 50 in Utrecht. In 1963, Rietveld was commissioned to design the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. After Rietveld's death a year later, Van Dillen took charge of the commission until his death in 1966, after which Van Tricht and his firm of Van Tricht & Timmler became responsible for the elaboration of the design and realisation of the museum until it’s completion in 1973