Bankstoeltje

Bankstoeltje

This extremely simple chair is quite an early piece by Gerrit Rietveld. He was most likely influenced by ideas of Berlage and other innovators from that period. Their goal was to design chairs that were easy to produce by machine.

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This extremely simple chair is quite an early piece by Gerrit Rietveld. He was most likely influenced by ideas of Berlage and other innovators from that period. Their goal was to design chairs that were easy to produce by machine.

This object is now not on display in the museum

Title

Bankstoeltje

Artist

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (ontwerper) (Utrecht 1888 - 1964 Utrecht)

Dating

1908

Material and technique

vurenhout, leer, metaal

Object number

12575

Object type

stoel, leunstoel

Acquisition

schenking 1959

Dimensions

hoogte 85.5 cm

breedte 55 cm

diepte 40 cm

Inscriptions and markings

  • geen :

Documentation

  • G. Rietveld : architect G. Rietveld in Limburg : tijdgenoten: San Claessens (...), (Maastricht, 1976), nrs 1, 17, 19, 20, 37 M, 46 M(met afb.)

  • Gerrit Rietveld, Ida van Zijl, (London, 2010), p. 21, afb. ij kleur

  • Gerrit Rietveld, Ida van Zijl, (London, 2016)

Exhibitions

  • Revolution in Rotgelbblau – Gerrit Rietveld und die zeitgenössische Kunst, Museum Marta Herford, Herford, 2017 - 2018

  • Rietvelds meesterwerk: Leve De Stijl!, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2017

  • De wereld van Utrecht. Topstukken uit vijf collecties, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2016 - 2022

Persistent url

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https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.C9AF4657-01F6-4729-B183-533E611BFA4D

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