An armchair, designed 1925, executed circa 1962-1964

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GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD (1888-1964)
An armchair, designed 1925, executed circa 1962-1964
painted beech, painted beech-veneered plywood, steel bolts
executed by Gerard van de Groenekan, De Bilt, the Netherlands
37 x 24 x 24 ¾ in. (94 x 61 x 63 cm.)
underside with cabinetmaker's paper label G.A.v.d. GROENEKAN/Utrechtseweg 315, DE BILT

Provenance

Mr & Mrs Brian Housden, London, supplied directly by the designer;
Thence by descent to the present owners.

Literature

This lot illustrated:
D. Housden, De Stijl, the other face of tradition, Design, March 1968, p. 29;
T. Dyckhoff, ‘Rough Diamond’, The Guardian Space, 19 October 2000, pp. 11-12.

Exhibited

De Stijl, Camden Arts Centre, London, 1968;
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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Descriptif du lot

This lot is accompanied by photographic copies of original invoices and correspondence 1962-1965 between Brian Housden and Gerard van de Groenekan, detailing costs and progress. Also included, is a photographic copy of the entry page of the 1990 South Bank Centre, London, exhibition Rietveld Furniture and the Schroder House, signed by van de Groenekan 6th April 1991, confirming that the collection of Rietveld designs were executed by him 1955-1963.

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