Hans Hofmann.

WC




--- On Sun, 9/28/08, imago Asthetik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: imago Asthetik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Marks on Canvas
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 4:41 PM
> Could someone help me identify this (no doubt badly)
> paraphrased motto:
> 
> The first mark on a canvas is actually the fifth
> 
> I know the original utterance belongs to an AbEx painter (I
> am tempted to
> say, Rothko, but I have no idea where that association
> comes from), and that
> Mr Conger has uttered it here on the forum.  If anyone
> knows of a reference
> to it in print, I would be very grateful.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> IMAGO

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