Gerrit Rietveld
"Zig-Zag" Chair
Auction Closed
October 15, 05:11 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Gerrit Rietveld
"Zig-Zag" Chair
designed and executed circa 1934-1938
executed by Gerard🎃 van de Groenekan or Metz & Co.,🍸 The Netherlands
painted wood
later branded H.G.M./G.A. v.d. GROENEKAN/DE BILT NEDERLAND
29 x 14 x 15⅝ in. (73.6 x 35.5 x 39.6 cm)
Collection of Alexander von Vegesack
Phillips New York, Masterworks from the Collection of Alexander von Vegesack, December 8, 2005, lot 56
Phillips New York, Masterworks from the Collection of Alexander von Vegesack, December 8, 2005, lot 56
Clement Meadmore, The Modern Chair: Classics in Production, New York, 1975, pp. 76-79
Daniele Baroni, The Furniture of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, New York, 1977, p. 136, no. 25
Gerrit Rietveld: A Centenary Exhibition, Craftsman and Visionary, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 1988, p. 51
Martin Eidelberg, ed., Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was, Montreal, 1991, p. 316
Marijke Küper and Ida van Zijl, Gerrit Th. Rietveld, Utrecht, 1992, pp. 147, 179, 202 and 246
Peter Vöge, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Rotterdam, 1993, p. 83, pl. 120, pp. 109 and 149
Galerie Ulrich Friedler, Modern Equipment, Cologne, 2004, p. 45
Ida van Zijl, Gerrit Rietveld, London, 2010, pp. 103, 132, 139 and 143
Marijke Kuper and Lex Reitsma, De stoel van Rietveld, Rotterdam, 2012, n.p.
Daniele Baroni, The Furniture of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, New York, 1977, p. 136, no. 25
Gerrit Rietveld: A Centenary Exhibition, Craftsman and Visionary, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 1988, p. 51
Martin Eidelberg, ed., Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was, Montreal, 1991, p. 316
Marijke Küper and Ida van Zijl, Gerrit Th. Rietveld, Utrecht, 1992, pp. 147, 179, 202 and 246
Peter Vöge, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Rotterdam, 1993, p. 83, pl. 120, pp. 109 and 149
Galerie Ulrich Friedler, Modern Equipment, Cologne, 2004, p. 45
Ida van Zijl, Gerrit Rietveld, London, 2010, pp. 103, 132, 139 and 143
Marijke Kuper and Lex Reitsma, De stoel van Rietveld, Rotterdam, 2012, n.p.
Sotheby’s would like to thank Rob Driessen an✅d Jurjen Creman for their assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
