%C2%A9 Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C New York %2F PICTORIGHT%2C The Netherlands
"Berlin" chair, c. 1974 (designed 1923)
Painted mahogany plywood, linden ashexpand_more
The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesotaexpand_more 98.276.43
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In 1923, Rietveld worked with the painter Vilmos Huszár to design a model room - a total "Neoplastic" environment - for the Juryfreie Kunsthau, an art exhibition in Berlin. His furniture for the room included this chair from which it received its name; importantly, it represents Rietveld's first asymmetrical chair. The traditional elements - legs, arms, seat and back - have been abandoned in favor of a system of interrelated planes, asymmetrically balanced. The armrest is broad enough to serve as a table - both right-hand and left-hand versions were made. Each element is painted in a single color, the palette reduced to monochromatic black, white and gray.
Details
- Title
- "Berlin" chair
- Artist Life
- 1888–1964
- Role
- Designer
- Accession Number
- 98.276.43
- Curator Approved
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