Red/Blue Chair

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Designer Gerrit Rietveld(Dutch, 1888–1964)Dutch, 1888–1964

CultureDutch

Titles

Red/Blue Chair

Datec. 1920

MediumBeech wood and paint

DimensionsOverall: 33 3/4 × 26 × 33 in. (85.7 × 66 × 83.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2013.244

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 203

Exposé

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

FURNITURE

ProvenanceGerrit Rietveld, c.1920; (1888-‐1964), interior of Rietveld’s apartment at the Utrech Vredenburg

Gerrit Rietveld's son, Jan Rietveld;

Jan Rietveld's cousin, Paula Rietveld;

Christie's Amsterdam, May 21, 1987, lot 423;

Christie's Amsterdam, June 7, 1988. lot 421;

Frans Leidelmeijer, Amsterdam;

Sotheby's New York, December 17, 2009, lot 240 (unsold);

Frans Leidelmeijer, Amsterdam; [Marc Benda, Ernest Mourmans, and Frans Leidelmeijer];

purchased by MFAH 2013.
Exhibition HistoryRietveld and Van Baaren Collection. Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 31 March 2012 until 11 May 2014

Gerrit Rietveld – The Revolution of Space. Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany From 17 May to 16 September 2012

Rietveld's universe exhibition. Centraal museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands, October 2010 to 11 January 2011

De Stijl Exhibition. Galleria d'arte moderna, Rome, Italy, 1960-‐61

Masters of Modern Art. MoMA, New York, NY, 1954

De Stijl exhibition. Stedelijk Museum. Amsderdam, The Netherlands, 1951

De Stijl 1917 -‐1928, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1951

Commemorative exhibition Piet Mondrian. Stedelijk Museum, Amsderdam, The Netherlands, November -‐December, 1946
Published References Antonelli, Paola, ed., Sitting on the Edge: Modernist Design from the Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd, San Francisco, 1998, pl. 8 Baroni, Daniele, The Furniture of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, Woodbury, NY, 1977, pp. 50-‐51 Barr Jr., Alfred A. , ed., Masters of Modern Arts, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1954, p.217 Blotkamp, Carel, ed. De beginjaren van De Stijl 1917-‐1922 . Uttrecht: Relfex, 1982. Blotkamp, Carel ed. De beginjaren van De Stijl 1922-‐1932 . Amsterdam: Veen, 1996. Brown, Theodore M. The Work of Gerrit Rietveld: Architect. Utrecht: A.W. Bruna & Zoon, 1958, pp. 18-‐20,79 and 164. Dosi Del_ni, Luca, The Furniture Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2004, p. 295 Eliëns, Titus M, Groot, Marjan and Leidelmeijer, Frans. Dutch Decorative Arts 1880-‐1940, Kingston, NY,1997, pp.165-‐167 Fiell, Charlotte and Peter eds., 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 2000, p. 153 Gerrit Rietveld: A Centenary Exhibition, Craftsman and Visionary, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Gallery, New York, 1988, pp. 24-‐28 Hess, Thomas B. The Dutch: This Century, Art News, January 1953, p. 25 Ja_e, H.L.C. De Stijl, 1917-‐1931, The Dutch Contribution to Modern Art. Amsterdam: JM Meulenho, 1958. Kras, Reyer. 100 Years of Rietveld 1888-‐1964: furniture, lamps and models, a selection from the collection. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1988 Kuper, Marijke, van Zijl, Ida, and, Reitveld, Gerrit Thomas, Het volledige werk. Utrecht: Centraal Museum,1992, pp. 74-‐75 and 79 Kuper, Marijke and Reitsma, Lex. Rietveld's Chair. Nai Publishers, 2011, p.176 Linley, David, Charles Cator and Helen Chislett. Star Pieces. The Enduring Beauty of Spectacular Furniture. London: Thames and Hudson, 2009. Illustrated p. 205. Overy, Paul. De Stijl. London: Studio Vista, 1969.Ponti, Gio "In Margine alla Triennale," Domus, September 1951, p. 7 (for an example of the model shownat the 1951 Triennale in Milan) Vöge, Peter, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Rotterdam, 1993, pp. 58-‐59 Von Vegesack, Alexander, Dunas, Peter and Schwartz-‐Clauss, Mathias, eds. 100 Masterpieces from theVitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, pp. 210-‐211 White, Michael. De Stijl and Dutch Modernism. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003. De Stijl. September issue, 1919, p 133 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

underside label, in pencil " france / Worli S & E / Der Grier W Brusse / Pla. Anistel 200 / Amsterdam "

underside label, red text " W.L. & J. BRUSSE'S / uitgeversmaatschappij N.V. / 5000-12-'45 / verzonden per: / drukwerk met toestemming hoofdbestuur / P.T.T. gesloten verzonden / Walenburgerweg 72-74. Rotterdam C. Holland "

all text together roughly translated from Dutch to:
W. L. & J. BRUSSE'S publishing company N.V. france

sent by: Worly S & E

printed with permission central P.T.T. closed sent
Der W Grier Brusse
Pla. Anistel 200
Amsterdam

Walenburgerweg 72-74. Rotterdam C. Holland

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