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Gerrit Th. Rietveld, designed 1927, executed 1932 A Beugel…
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Sydney
Date:
10-Nov-2008
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Gerrit Th. Rietveld, designed 1927, executed 1932 A Beugel Chair, white lacquered plywood seat supported on a silvered tubular steel frame with solid beech rectangular arm rests, 60.5 cm wide, 80 cm deep, 91.5 cm high. Note: This chair was produced by G.A. van de Groeneken for Metz & Co, Amsterdam and comes with its original bill of purchase. For comparison see: Daniele Baroni, The Furniture of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, New York, 1977, pp. 114-115, no. 18 Marijke Kuper & Ida van Ziji, Gerrit Th. Rietveld 1888-1964, The Complete Works, Utrecht, 1992, p. 117, no. 119 Peter Vöge, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Rotterdam, 1993, p. 75, no. 92 Gerrit Rietveld, exh.cat., Galerie Ulrich Fielder, Cologne, 2001, pp. 26-27 For similar examples see: Christie's Amsterdam, 23 May 2007, lot 292 Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 8 December 2005, lot 58.
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Unclassified