Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Le travail à l’encre
English translation:
work (or drawings) in ink
French term
Le travail à l’encre
| 4 +7 | work (or drawings) in ink |
Helen Shiner
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Didier Fourcot
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
work (or drawings) in ink
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-09-20 16:00:57 GMT)
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As I have said below to Charles, these works are generally referred to as 'pen-and-ink drawings' or 'drawings in pen-and-ink'. Here are some of Chagall's drawings in pen-and-ink being sold by Sotheby's: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/fine-boo... If they use a term, then it is definitely, unquestionably right.
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Charles Davis
: Ink drawings sounds all right, but somehow ink works doesn't. I would put it this way round. // And a quick Google, focusing on respectable gallery/museum/catalogue sources, amply confirms it. // "work in ink", singular, also works.
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Thanks, Charles. Often translated as pen-and-ink drawings, but this is probably more in line with the French here.
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Yolanda Broad
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Thank you, Yolanda
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Patrice
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Thank you, Patrice
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Lara Barnett
: Ink drawing - see above.
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Thanks, Lara
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: "Work in ink" : as Michaux's work includes not only pen-and-ink drawings but works painted with ink and work with ink colour wash. See ref post. (
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Thanks, Nikki, yes, it's not just about pen-and-ink works in his case.
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Yvonne Gallagher
10 hrs
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Thanks, Gallagy
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B D Finch
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Thanks, Barbara
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ink works / ink drawings
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/michaux-untitled-chinese...
http://www.moma.org/collection/works/38081?locale=en
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James Peel
: You should have a confidence of 5 here - there is surely no doubt about it!
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Chakib Roula
: Absolutely correct.
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Helen Shiner
: Your Tate ref. says 'works IN ink' not ink works. An ink works is where ink is manufactured./Your MOMA ref. refers to the work illustrated as 'ink on paper' not an 'ink drawing'. Sorry, but we have to be precise in this field.
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Patrice
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philgoddard
: It's obviously not about factories.
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Lara Barnett
7 hrs
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Michaux's work in ink includes painting and colour wash so "drawing" too restrictive here. Share HS's reserve on word order.
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Reference comments
Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
work in ink
Lavis d’encre (colour wash with ink) and
https://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/resource/cpddpG/rrbAdL7
Henri Michaux (1899 - 1984)
Aquarelle et encre de Chine
[1960]
Aquarelle, crayon aquarelle et lavis d'encre sur papier
50 x 56,5 cm
Inscriptions : Monogrammé en bas à droite : HM. Non daté
Donation M. Daniel Cordier, 1976
Numéro d'inventaire : AM 1976-1163
http://art.rmngp.fr/fr/library/artworks/henri-michaux_peintu...
Henri Michaux
Peinture à l'encre de Chine
1962
(C) ADAGP, Paris
Photo (C) Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Jacqueline Hyde
Toulouse, musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, les Abattoirs
http://www.lesabattoirs.org/
http://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-michaux
Discussion
http://www.henri-michaux.com/