Of course,
Being sculptor, I never would have guessed.
mando

On Sep 30, 2008, at 4:11 PM, William Conger wrote:

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

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