Throwing paintings away... (1 Viewer)

[cirerita]

I'm sure you're all familiar with the story of Bukowski throwing 20-30 paintings away (after soaking them in hot water in the bathtub), and Martin having a fit because he saw that as throwing 2-3 grand away.

Was that in a poem? In a story? Perhaps in a letter??

 

[Gin Soaked Boy]

According to Howard Sounes that anecdote is from an unpublished letter to H.Norse (17 april, 1970). Pg. 268 in "Locked in the Arms...".

 

[cirerita]

I took a look at that letter, and UH got it right there. Thanks!

 

[David]

Paintings in the Bathtub

He also mentions this in the story "East Hollywood: The New Paris," conveniently collected in Absence of the Hero.;)

 

[cirerita]

Thanks, David. I just reread that story. The section about painting is indeed interesting. Some of the things he says there ("here's a man who's not afraid of color" or somesuch) appear again, almost verbatim, in a 1990 letter to W. Packard published in Reach for the Sun.

 

[roni]

Damn, I STILL don't have 'Absence'!
These suckers from 'Customer Services Publishers Group UK' let me wait and wait, even though I've ordered before it was even published!