Live Auction 3010The Decorative Arts Sale
A BLUE PAINTED WOOD HANGING CUPBOARD
Lot 460

A BLUE PAINTED WOOD HANGING CUPBOARD

DESIGNED BY GERRIT TH. RIETVELD, PROBABLY EXECUTED BY RIETVELD'S WORKSHOP IN THE 1940S

Closed3 October 2012

Price Realised

EUR 17,500

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A BLUE PAINTED WOOD HANGING CUPBOARD
Designed by Gerrit Th. Rietveld, probably executed by Rietveld's workshop in the 1940s
The plain top above a door with rectangular handle enclosing four shelves, re-painted
88 cm. high x 17.5 cm. wide x 11.5 cm. deep

Gerrit Th. Rietveld until 1961;
Bertus Mulder, Utrecht.

Specialist note

"In the stairwell in the house of Rietveld at Vredenburg was a toilet which could be closed with a door, a shower which could be closed by a curtain and a sink in the open area. The cupboard here on offer was hanging between the sink and the wall seperating the livingroom from the stairwell. The cupboard here on offer was hung in the toilet compartment. It was painted pink. Later I painted it in blue. It has the elongated shape because it had to fit between the mirror above the sink and the wall."