By Editor Design.nl /asdf 01-08-2007

A recently rediscovered Rietveld chair has been auctioned at Christie's for a record amount of 264, 000 euros.

The winning bidder was an American, who paid the record amount for the chair, a white variant of Rietveld’s famous 'red-blue chair'. It was the highest amount ever paid at an auction for an object designed by Rietveld. The uncoloured style icon, made in 1923 for the Hague avant-garde poet Til Brugman, was thought to have been lost until it was discovered by Christie’s in the collection of a private collector, now with cushions, but otherwise in good condition.

All the other examples of early work by Rietveld have been in museum collections for many years. The rediscovered chair’s provenance got around ten ‘big’ bidders interested, which helped to drive the price up to its record level.

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