Traditional black drawing ink, which originated in Asia and is therefore often referred to as India ink or Chinese ink, consists of very fine particles of carbon pigment, usually lampblack (soot), dispersed in an aqueous solution with a glue or gum binder. Modern liquid India ink has a resinous shellac binder and may also include dye-based colorants. Sold in bottles it can be applied with a nib pen or in washes with a brush. Once dry, India ink is opaque and indelible. Brown inks such as bister and sepia were made from wood tar and cuttlefish ink, respectively.
Works
12 works online
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Robert Delaunay The Tower 1911, dated 1910
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Jean (Hans) Arp Untitled (Automatic Drawing) 1917–18, dated 1916
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Tristan Tzara Untitled 1936
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Louise Bourgeois Untitled 1943
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Ellsworth Kelly Study for Rebound 1955
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R. B. Kitaj The Desire for Lunch is a Bourgeois Obsessional Neurosis or Grey Schizoids 1965
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Raymond Pettibon No Title (With his unshrinking...) 1987
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James Siena #4 (1990)
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Brice Marden Rain 1991
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Fernando Bryce South of the Border 2002
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Shahzia Sikander Candied (2003)
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Giorgia Lupi, Stefanie Posavec Dear Data: Week 37 (Swearing / A Week of Swearing) 2015
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