Raumbeispiel
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Robert Motherwell
Guardian #1, 1966.
Collage, Ink, acrylic and newsprint on cardboard
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,400 - 35,100
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Robert Motherwell
Guardian #1, 1966.
Collage, Ink, acrylic and newsprint on cardboard
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,400 - 35,100
Robert Motherwell
1915 - 1991
Guardian #1. 1966.
Collage, Ink, acrylic and newsprint on cardboard.
Signed and dated in the lower right. 55.9 x 35.6 cm (22 x 14 in), size of sheet. [AW].
• A typical collage made from newspaper clippings from the renowned British newspaper *The Manchester Guardian Weekly*.
• In the 1960s, Robert Motherwell was at the height of his artistic career.
• Alongside artists like Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Clifford Still, he was one of the most important figures of Abstract Expressionism.
• Collages from the 1960s are in renowned museums, including the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
PROVENANCE: From the artist’s studio.
Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Arnold B. Rubinstein, 1973.
Collection of Robert Motherwell, ca. 1974.
Collection of Edward and Victoria Jemerin, New York (gifted by the artist in 1978).
Estate of Victoria Jemerin, New York, 1983.
Collection of William Doyle, New York.
Collection and institution, Switzerland (likely acquired from the above in 2010).
Private collection, Germany.
From an Austrian collection (likely acquired from the above).
LITERATURE: Jack Flamm, Katy Rogers, Tim Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941-1991. Collages and paintings on paper and paperboard, vol. III, New Haven 2012, CR no. C170 (illustrated in color on p. 113).
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William Doyle, New York, auction on May 5, 2010, lot 101 (illustrated on p. 65).
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 16.41 h +/- 20 min.
1915 - 1991
Guardian #1. 1966.
Collage, Ink, acrylic and newsprint on cardboard.
Signed and dated in the lower right. 55.9 x 35.6 cm (22 x 14 in), size of sheet. [AW].
• A typical collage made from newspaper clippings from the renowned British newspaper *The Manchester Guardian Weekly*.
• In the 1960s, Robert Motherwell was at the height of his artistic career.
• Alongside artists like Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Clifford Still, he was one of the most important figures of Abstract Expressionism.
• Collages from the 1960s are in renowned museums, including the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
PROVENANCE: From the artist’s studio.
Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Arnold B. Rubinstein, 1973.
Collection of Robert Motherwell, ca. 1974.
Collection of Edward and Victoria Jemerin, New York (gifted by the artist in 1978).
Estate of Victoria Jemerin, New York, 1983.
Collection of William Doyle, New York.
Collection and institution, Switzerland (likely acquired from the above in 2010).
Private collection, Germany.
From an Austrian collection (likely acquired from the above).
LITERATURE: Jack Flamm, Katy Rogers, Tim Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941-1991. Collages and paintings on paper and paperboard, vol. III, New Haven 2012, CR no. C170 (illustrated in color on p. 113).
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William Doyle, New York, auction on May 5, 2010, lot 101 (illustrated on p. 65).
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 16.41 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Robert Motherwell "Guardian #1"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
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