An extraordinary photograph

Gerrit Rietveld, Mart Stam and El Lissitzky at the Schröder House, 1926

Book chapter (2020)

Authors

M.T.A. van Thoor Heritage & Values - Architecture and the Built Environment
Research Group
Heritage & Values (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2020 M.T.A. van Thoor
De Stijl Rietveld Schröder House Architectural history International connections
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Published Date

2020

Language

English

Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Architectural Engineering +Technology

Research Group

Heritage & Values

Abstract

The Schröder House, designed in 1924 by Gerrit Th. Rietveld (1888-1964) in close
collaboration with the client Truus Schröder-Schräder (1889-1985), has been
photographed countless times.1 Most of the photographs of this well-known
monument are architectural photographs, of its exterior or interior. Only a few
of them include one or both of the designers. One such photograph, from 1926,
appears in many publications concerning Rietveld or the Schröder House. It is an
intriguing shot; but what exactly does it tell us?