Made of Paper: Motherwell's Materials in the 1940s

Robert Motherwell, Personage (Autoportrait), Dec. 9, 1943. Gouache, ink, and pasted colored paper and Japanese paper on paperboard, 103.8 x 65.9 cm. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice 76.2553.155. © Dedalus Foundation, Inc./Licensed by VAGA, New York

Photo: Sergio Martucci © 2013 The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

Offering a unique opportunity to engage with Robert Motherwell: Early Collages, this in-gallery program focuses on the materials and techniques that the artist used to create his early works. Exhibition catalogue contributor and paper conservator Jeffrey Warda of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum shares his research on Motherwell’s early collages, and discusses how Motherwell chose specific types of papers, paints, and adhesives to achieve different results. A cash bar reception follows the program.