LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Stained beech and beech-veneered plywood

Measurements:

34.02 in. (86.40 cm.) (height) by 27.87 in. (70.80 cm.) (width) by 33.86 in. (86.00 cm.) (width)

Literature:

Theodore M. Brown, The Work of G. Rietveld, Architect, Cambridge, 1958, p. 79 for the model; Marijke Kuper and Ida van Zijl, Gerrit Th. Rietveld 1888-1964, The Complete Works, exh. cat., Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1992, p. 75 for a similar example; Rob Dettingmeijer, Maria Theresia Antoinette van Thoor and Ida van Zijl, Rietveld's Universe, exh. cat., Centraal Museum Utrecht Rotterdam, 2010, p. 238 for the model; Marijke Kuper, De stoel van Rietveld/Rietveld's Chair, Rotterdam, 2011, pp. 174-76, 178 for similar examples

Provenance:

Johannes Antonius Slewe, the Netherlands; Agnes Bouman-Slewe, the Netherlands; Thence by descent to the present owner