So, which are the first four marks?
mando
On Sep 30, 2008, at 3:12 PM, William Conger wrote:
Yes, It was Hans Hofmann. There's a reference to it in my Wm.
Seitz' catalog re Hofmann's show at MOMA in 1963. I saw that show.
I also recall Hans Hofmann saying something similar to me in Sept.
1965 in Provincetown when I had a nice conversation with him. It's
one of his most famous sayings, perhaps second only to "push and
pull".
WC
--- On Sun, 9/28/08, William Conger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: William Conger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Marks on Canvas
To: [email protected]
Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 5:08 PM
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
