Harvard Art Museums > 2002.48: "Military" Chair Furniture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation""Military" Chair (Gerrit Thomas Rietveld) , 2002.48,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 16, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/146955. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
