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Gerrit Thomas Rietveld

Set of four Zig Zag chairs

Lot Closed

September 27, 01:19 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld


Set of four Zig Zag chairs

 

Designed circa 1934, executed circa 1960

Elm wood and metal

Manufacturer's label ...v. d. GROENEKA.../....tseweg 315, DE.../...ERLAND...  on the underside of one chair

Gerard van de Groenekan edition, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Each: 73 x 40 x 36,5 cm.; 28¾ x 15¾ x 16⅜ in.

Acquired from Gerard van de Groenekan, Utrecht, in the 1960s

Thence by descent

Private collection, Italy

Roberto Aloi, Esempi di Arredamento Moderno di Tutto il Mondo Sedie Poltrone Divani Seconda Serie, Milan, 1957, fig. 15

Daniele Baroni, Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Furniture, London, 1978, pp. 136 for the drawing and 137

Gerrit Rietveld 1888-1964, exhibition catalogue, Central Museum, Utrecht, 28 November 1992 - 21 February 1993, p. 147

Klaus-Jürgen Sembach, Gabriele Leuthäuser and Gössel, Twentieth-Century Furniture Design, Koln, 1993, cover page

Charlotte & Peter Fiell, 1000 chairs, Koln, 2000, pp. 214-215