On View:
Sunday 28 March from 12pm - 4pm
Monday 29 March from 3pm - 7pm
Tuesday 30 March from 10am - 12pm
This auction includes a selection of 20th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Paintings, Decorative Accessories,
Silver, Ceramics, Glass, Lighting and a collection of Model Live Steam Engines.
Also included is a collection of items from the Russian Space Program.
Items include a Flown Sokol KV-2 Space Suit worn by Cosmonaut Anatoli Pavlovich Artsebarsky,
thruster engine covers, observation portholes, heat shield covers, landing brake engines,
control panels, models and other items of interest.
This auction will be associated with online auctions of Moorcroft Pottery and Contemporary Glass, March 29 - April 1. Previews will be held in conjunction with our live auction.
If you are unable to attend the auction in person you can leave an absentee bid by filling out the Online Absentee Bidding Form.
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LOT 261
Set of 4 Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1965) Elm Zigzag Chairs, c.1960 designed in 1932 for the Schröder house and executed by Gerard van de Groenekan unmarked 29.90" (height) x 14.40" (width) x 16.10" (depth), 76.00 cm (height) x 36.50 cm (width) x 41.00 cm (depth),
Provenance: Private Collection, purchased directly from Gerard van de Groenekan, circa 1960. With copy of letter from van de Groenekan (in Dutch) confirming the sale, dated April 1985.
Four of the original eight chairs are in the Decorative Arts Collection, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
