Design Edit
Design Edit
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