artwork

The Red and Blue Chair

Details

• Artist: Gerrit Rietveld
• Year: 1917
• Dimensions: {'length': '83 cm', 'height': '88 cm', 'width': '66 cm'}
• Exhibition: Challenge: Public Domain 2019
• Url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_and_Blue_Chair

Description

The Red and Blue Chair represents one of the first explorations by the De Stijl art movement in three dimensions.

The original chair was constructed of unstained beech wood and was not painted until the early 1920s.[1] Fellow member of De Stijl and architect, Bart van der Leck, saw his original model and suggested that he add bright colors. He built the new model of thinner wood and painted it entirely black with areas of primary colors attributed to De Stijl movement.

The Red and Blue Chair was reported to be on loan to the Delft University of Technology Faculty of Architecture as part of an exhibition. On May 13, 2008, a fire destroyed the entire building, but the Red and Blue Chair was saved by firefighters.

A version of the chair was sold by Christies in 2011 for €10,625.

As of January 1, 2019, this artwork will enter into the public domain.

Photo credit: Dingdongchathan