Lot 143
  • 143

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
  • Paire de chaises Zig Zag, le modèle créé en 1932, ces exemplaires réalisés vers 1950-1960
  • Wood
  • Hauteur : 74,4 cm (29 3/8 in.) Largeur : 37,6 cm (14 7/8 in.) Profondeur : 40,6 cm (16 in.)
structure en orme

Provenance

Maria Rietveld, soeur de l'artiste
Vente Christie's Amsterdam, 26 mai 1999, lot 221
Collection privée, Londres

Exhibited

Daniele Baroni, Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Furniture, éd. Academy, Londres, 1978, pp. 132, 135-139 et 155
Marijke Küper et Ida van Zijl, Gerrit Th. Rietveld, 1888-1964, Het volledige werk, éd. Centraal Museuum, Utrecht, 1992, pp. 145-147
Daniele Baroni, I mobili di Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, éd. Electa, Milan, 1977, pp. 130-131, 134-135
Charlotte et Peter Fiell, 1000 chairs, éd. Taschen, Cologne, 2000, p. 215

Condition

Good overall condition. Some traces of discolouration resulting from old label taken out to the back side of the back and old stains or water stains to the seet and back side of the back. A few scratches also to the seat, all normal.
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