Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 125
c170
c170
Guardian No. 1
1966
Acrylic, pasted papers, and ink on
board
22 x 14 in. (55.9 x 35.6 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: R. Motherwell
1966
present owner
Victoria Jemerin
provenance
Dr. and Mrs. B. Rubinstein, 1973;
Robert Motherwell, ca. 1974; Edward
and Victoria Jemerin, 1978; Victoria
Jemerin, 1983; [Doyle, New York,
November 11, 2009, lot 79, illus.
(not sold)]
comments
This collage is the first in a numbered series that takes its title from
Motherwell’s use of paper from issues
of the Manchester Guardian Weekly,
mostly dated between December 29,
1966, and January 5, 1967. The numbering of this series (originally
composed of between twelve and
fourteen collages) is erratic because
Motherwell later revised and/or retitled
some of the works in it, in 1973 and
1986. For example, two works have at
one time in their history been known as
Guardian No. 3 (c171 and c743) and
two as Guardian No. 4 (c391 and c744).
In 1986 he reworked six collages in the
series and retitled them as the Figure “4”
series, while retaining their original
numbers from the Guardian series (see
c742, c743, and c745–c748). A seventh
Guardian collage was also reworked in
1986; Motherwell neglected to rename
it, so it remains Guardian No. 4 (c744).
Further complicating the nomenclature
of the series is the work now known
as The Figure “4” No. 8 (c174), which
Motherwell reacquired in 1986 and
renamed in accordance with the revised
1986 works, while not making any
changes to its original 1966 state.
Motherwell reacquired this work
around 1974, and gave it to Dr. Edward
Jemerin, who had performed surgery
on a member of his family.
c171
Guardian No. 3
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain, 2003,
color illus. p. 91.
1966
Acrylic, pasted papers, and ink on
paperboard
22 x 14 in. (55.9 x 35.6 cm)
references
Staber 1974–75, color illus. p. 113.
c171
inscriptions
Recto, upper right: R Motherwell
1966
comments
Another collage from this series, The
Figure “4” No. 3 (c743), was once
known as Guardian No. 3.
present owner
Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i
Contemporani de Palma. Colección
Serra
provenance
Private collection, 1974; [Christie’s,
London, March 25, 1993, lot 98, illus.];
Pere A. Serra, 1993; Es Baluard Museu
d’Art Modern i Contemporani de
Palma, Spain
solo exhibitions
Galerie André Emmerich, Zurich, 1974,
color illus. n.p.
group exhibitions
Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca,
Spain, 2002, color illus. p. 112.
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