Mondriaan, Rietveld, De Stijl, chair circa1920
 

Up for eBay-auction are six (art/posing/presenting) chairs which have been designed by the painter (!) Mondriaan.

Due to earlier questions from e-Bay members the present-day owner tried to find additional information.
The present-day owner acquired 7 chairs in1969 in Arnhem (the Netherlands).
Only 7 chairs have been handmade, it has never been taken into production.
It is unknown by whom these chairs were manufactured.
A (published) reference or a tag have not been found, the only information available came from the previous owner.

Material      : square tubular steel approx. 20 x 20 mm/0,8 x 0,8 inch.
Colour         : black  
Dimensions : Height total 132 cm/52 inch, Height seat 94 cm/37 inch.
                      Depth 40 cm/15,7 inch -Width 40 cm/15,7 inch      
                                                      

De Stijl 
An art movement advocating pure abstraction and simplicity.
Form reduced to the rectangle and other geometric shapes, and colour to the primary colours, along with black and white.
Piet Mondriaan (Dutch painter, 1872-1944) was the group's leading figure. He published a manifesto titled Neo-Plasticism in 1920. Another member, painter Theo van Doesberg (Dutch, 1883-1931) had started a journal named De Stijl in 1917, which continued publication until 1928, spreading the theories of the group, which also included the painter George Vantongerloo (Belgian,1886-1965), along with the architects J.J.P. Oud (1890-1963) and Gerrit Rietveld (Dutch designer, 1888-1965).
Their work exerted tremendous influence on the Bauhaus and the International Style.

Bidding
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Payment and shipping method
The total amount will be due within 5 days of this auction's close by a stand-by Letter of Credit/banker's guarantee or tripledeal.com (escrow).
The buyer is responsible for picking up the chair or having it shipped/handled by insured freight. If this is inconvenient we will find a solution by mutual agreement. The location is the Hague/the Netherlands.
Funds must be secured before release.
Any duties, customs, brokerage fees or any other import charges are sole responsibility of the buyer.

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(mondrian, design, posezetel, barkruk, mies van der Rohe, bauhaus)