CATEGORY: ART
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888 Utrecht - 1964 Utrecht, The Netherlands (biography).
As one of the advocates of De Stijl (“The Style”), an early 20th century Dutch artistic movement, furniture designer and architect Gerrit Thomas Rietveld championed simple geometry and a palette restricted to primary colors, black, and white. Rietveld’s two most enduring legacies are the Red and Blue Chair (1918), which looks almost like a 3D version of a Piet Mondrian painting, and the Rietveld Schroder House, for which it was specifically designed. Built in Utrecht in 1924 and originally commissioned without walls, the Schroder House has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000. The iconic chair, like the iconic house, was designed for visual balance, or as Rietveld himself said, so that “no part dominates or is subordinate to the others.”
Text:
Rietveld Chair 1918, modern classics, Dutch Design
© Gerrit Rietveld 1984 c/o Beeldrecht Amsterdam / blauw - rode stoel 1918 / Art Unlimited, Postbus 1760, 1000 BT Amsterdam, tel. 020-851011* / Printed in Holland / no. 83
Creator:
Art Unlimited | Gerrit Rietveld 1984 © Beeldrecht Amsterdam
Object:
Vintage affiche | poster • 1984
Country:
The Netherlands
Design period:
1984
Production period:
1984
Identifying marks:
Copyright line on the top left side
Style:
The Stijl, modernism
Condition:
In very good condition. The poster is mounted on hardboard. The frame is not included in the sale.
Material:
Paper
Colour:
Red, yellow, blue, black
Dimensions:
L 60 x W 80 x H 0.1 cm
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888 Utrecht - 1964 Utrecht, The Netherlands (biography).
As one of the advocates of De Stijl (“The Style”), an early 20th century Dutch artistic movement, furniture designer and architect Gerrit Thomas Rietveld championed simple geometry and a palette restricted to primary colors, black, and white. Rietveld’s two most enduring legacies are the Red and Blue Chair (1918), which looks almost like a 3D version of a Piet Mondrian painting, and the Rietveld Schroder House, for which it was specifically designed. Built in Utrecht in 1924 and originally commissioned without walls, the Schroder House has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000. The iconic chair, like the iconic house, was designed for visual balance, or as Rietveld himself said, so that “no part dominates or is subordinate to the others.”
Text:
Rietveld Chair 1918, modern classics, Dutch Design
© Gerrit Rietveld 1984 c/o Beeldrecht Amsterdam / blauw - rode stoel 1918 / Art Unlimited, Postbus 1760, 1000 BT Amsterdam, tel. 020-851011* / Printed in Holland / no. 83
Creator:
Art Unlimited | Gerrit Rietveld 1984 © Beeldrecht Amsterdam
Object:
Vintage affiche | poster • 1984
Country:
The Netherlands
Design period:
1984
Production period:
1984
Identifying marks:
Copyright line on the top left side
Style:
The Stijl, modernism
Condition:
In very good condition. The poster is mounted on hardboard. The frame is not included in the sale.
Material:
Paper
Colour:
Red, yellow, blue, black
Dimensions:
L 60 x W 80 x H 0.1 cm
GERRIT RIETVELD
after (1888-1964)
Red and blue chair
Vintage affiche/
poster, 1984
after (1888-1964)
Red and blue chair
Vintage affiche/
poster, 1984
€ 395,00