2002.48: "Military" Chair

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2002.48

People

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, Dutch (Utrecht 1888 - 1964 Utrecht)

Title

"Military" Chair

Classification

Furniture

Work Type

chair

Date

1923

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/146955

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Wood, painted, with metal fasteners

Dimensions

sight: 90 x 41 x 52 cm (35 7/16 x 16 1/8 x 20 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Dirk Hedde Nijland. according to vendor
Nijland Family. by descent; according to vendor
Sotheby's, Amsterdam. Sale May 17, 1989, no. G580, according to vendor
Private Collector. according to vendor

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Hildegard von Gontard Bequest to the American Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum Fund

Accession Year

2002

Object Number

2002.48

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The frame formed of six horizontal and four vertical wood members, with rectangular plywood seat and backrest. The entire chair painted red, with the ends of the horizontal members showing traces of yellow paint under the red.

Publication History

• Daniele Baroni, The Furniture of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (New York, 1978), pp. 114-15
• Marijke Kuper and Ida van Zijl, Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, 1888-1964: The Complete Works, Centraal Museum Utrecht (Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1992), pp. 117-18, no. 119, and p. 124, no. 138
• Peter Voege, The Complete Rietveld Furniture (Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1993), pp. 74 f., no. 94
• Gerrit Rietveld, Galerie Ulrich Fiedler (Cologne, Germany, 2001), p. 17, no. 5

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