Product sheet 'High backed' armchair
Designer:
Gerrit Rietveld
Manufacturer:
G.A. van de Groenekan
Year: 1924
Gerrit Rietveld
Manufacturer:
G.A. van de Groenekan
Year: 1924
Continuing on the theme of the "Red Blue Chair," the "High Backed" armchair shares the same basic construction, but employs rounded billets and an anatomically shaped curved seat and backrest. This design was originally designed for a number of interiors: the Schroder house, the Harrenstein-Schrader family and the home of the Birza family. Our example is believed to have been made later for van de Groenekan's use in his own home.
Ebonized beech and molded plywood
branded twice "H.G.M. G.A.v.d. Groenekan De Bilt Nederland"
36 in. (91.5 cm) high
Provenance:
Estate of G.A. van de Groenekan
Literature:
Daniele Baroni, THE FURNITURE OF GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD, Woodbury, NY, 1978, pp. 66-67
GERRIT RIETVELD, A CENTENARY EXHIBITION, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 1988, p. 33, cat. no. 13
Marijke Kuper and Ida van Zijl, GERRIT TH. RIETVELD, 1888-1964: THE
COMPLETE WORKS, exh. cat., Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1992, p. 104, cat. no. 94
Peter Voge, THE COMPLETE RIETVELD FURNITURE, Rotterdam, 1993, pp. 64-65
Ebonized beech and molded plywood
branded twice "H.G.M. G.A.v.d. Groenekan De Bilt Nederland"
36 in. (91.5 cm) high
Provenance:
Estate of G.A. van de Groenekan
Literature:
Daniele Baroni, THE FURNITURE OF GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD, Woodbury, NY, 1978, pp. 66-67
GERRIT RIETVELD, A CENTENARY EXHIBITION, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 1988, p. 33, cat. no. 13
Marijke Kuper and Ida van Zijl, GERRIT TH. RIETVELD, 1888-1964: THE
COMPLETE WORKS, exh. cat., Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1992, p. 104, cat. no. 94
Peter Voge, THE COMPLETE RIETVELD FURNITURE, Rotterdam, 1993, pp. 64-65
estimated value:
20.000-30.000 US$
Auction:
19-20th Century Design Art
Sales date: 2002-12-11
location: New York
Lot number: 40
20.000-30.000 US$
Auction:
19-20th Century Design Art
Sales date: 2002-12-11
location: New York
Lot number: 40
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