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The Opens, a series Motherwell began in 1967, consists of over 200 works characterized by broad fields of color punctuated by incomplete rectangles or trapezoids formed by three or four black lines.

Motherwell's collages are more intimate than his monumental-scale paintings. He first experimented with them in 1943, and in the late 1950s he began to concentrate on them. Incorporating bits of postcards, sheet music, cigarette wrappers, wine labels or wrapping paper received in his daily mail, Motherwell's collages are a diary of his everyday world.

The exhibition was organized by Robert T. Buck, Director of The Brooklyn Museum (formerly Director of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery), and Douglas G. Schultz, Director of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (formerly Chief Curator of the Gallery).

The presentation at the Guggenheim Museum has been installed by Diane Waldman, Deputy Director of the Museum. Lisa Dennison, Assistant Curator, was coordinator for the exhibition.

In conjunction with the Robert Motherwell exhibition, the Guggenheim has planned a series of lectures and films to be held in the Museum Auditorium. These events have been made possible by a grant from the IBM Corporation.

Three lectures by prominent art scholars will be given Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. Speakers and topics are: Dore Ashton, art historian and coauthor of the exhibition catalogue, "Robert Motherwell: A Visual Cosmopolitan" (December 11); E.A. Carmean, Jr., Director, Fort Worth Art Museum, "Robert Motherewell and Collage" (January 8); and Jack D. Flam, art historian and coauthor of the exhibition catalogue, "Style
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