Sep 18, 2011 07:18
12 yrs ago
German term
Specialist art factual prose translator
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English
die Warliste
German to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
unofficial art gallery terminology
This is a quotation from a German conceptual artist circa 1968, commenting on how commercial the American art scene has become. In particular, the attitude of galleries looking to sign up artists:
‘Wir können Sie auf die Warliste setzen’ durfte als neue Höflichkeitsform gewertet werden für das frühere ‘Es wäre uns ein Vergnügen, Ihnen das Atelier des Künstlers zu zeigen’.
Has anyone heard of a "war list" used to mean something like "we can put you on our books/on our list/welcome you to our stable/make you one of our artists?
‘Wir können Sie auf die Warliste setzen’ durfte als neue Höflichkeitsform gewertet werden für das frühere ‘Es wäre uns ein Vergnügen, Ihnen das Atelier des Künstlers zu zeigen’.
Has anyone heard of a "war list" used to mean something like "we can put you on our books/on our list/welcome you to our stable/make you one of our artists?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +9 | typo for Warteliste = waiting list / wait list |
Stephen Sadie
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Stephen Sadie
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typo for Warteliste = waiting list / wait list
They just left 2 letters out
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Well, that was embarrassing for me. Thanks for setting me straight."
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