Rood-blauwe stoel
1918 (uitvoering / production 1956)
painted wood
87,5 x 66,5 x 82 cm
currently not on display
acquired in 1960
inventory number 402
vervaardigd door / manufactured by Gerard Adrianus van de Groenekan
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Description
For the 'Red and Blue Chair', Rietveld dissected the armchair and reduced it to its most fundamental form. In his text “De stoel,” he asks himself why many everyday objects have a generally accepted form, while the chair is still being produced in so many different shapes. As Rietveld said, “that chair consisting of two planks and a number of slats was made to prove that you can produce something beautiful using sleek, purely machine-made materials”.
[exhibition text 2017]
