The edges of the canvas. WC --- On Tue, 9/30/08, armando baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: armando baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Marks on Canvas > To: [email protected] > Cc: "armando baeza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 5:48 PM > 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
