Sale: 605 / Day Sale, June 13. 2026 in Munich → Lot 126000279
126000279
Robert Motherwell
Guardian #1, 1966.
Collage, Ink, acrylic and newsprint on cardboard
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,000 - 34,500
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
126000279
Robert Motherwell
Guardian #1, 1966.
Collage, Ink, acrylic and newsprint on cardboard
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,000 - 34,500
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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).
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).
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