Design Agenda: The Collection of Michael Maharam
Design Agenda: The Collection of Michael Maharam
Gerrit Rietveld
"Militair" Stool
Auction Closed
October 15, 05:11 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Gerrit Rietveld
"Militair" Stool
designed 1923, executed circa 1920s-1930s
executed by Gerard van de Groenekan, The Netherlands
painted wood and plywood, steel bolts
17¾ x 17¾ x 15¾ in. (45 x 45 x 40 cm)
Christie's London, April 30, 2008, lot 80
Gerrit Rietveld: A Centenary Exhibition, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 1988, pp. 35 and 48
Marijke Küper and Ida van Zijl, Gerrit Th. Rietveld, Utrecht, 1992, p. 93 (for the small version of the model)
Peter Vöge, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Rotterdam, 1993, pp. 62-63, pl. 60
Gerrit Rietveld: A Centenary Exhibition, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 1988, p. 48 (for the small version of the model)
Sotheby’s would like to thank Rob Driessen and Jurjen Creman for their assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
In 1923 Rietveld was commissioned to design furniture for the Catholic Military Home in Utrecht. The horizontals and verticals of these designs are connected by halved joints reinforced with strong nuts and bolts. The tops of the stool and the table and also the seats of the chairs do not rest directly on the verticals, but on a number of slender cross bars, thereby creating a light spatial construction. The Military stool was originally made in various colors, including black and white, and different shades of grey.
- S. A.