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Art: Catalogue Raisonné

Last Updated: Sep 12, 2025 1:18 PM

What is in a catalogue raisonné?

In addition to a complete list of the artist's works, the catalog may include the following information about the works listed:

  • Title and title variations
  • Dimension/Size
  • Date of the work
  • Medium
  • Current location/owner at time of publication
  • Provenance (history of ownership)
  • Exhibition history
  • Condition of the work
  • Bibliography/Literature that discusses the work Essay(s) on the artist
  • Critical assessments and remarks
  • Full description of the work
  • Signatures, Inscriptions and Monograms of the artist
  • Reproduction of each work
  • List of works attributed, lost, destroyed and fakes
  • Catalog number

- from The New York Public Library

Finding Catalogues Raisonnés

Search [artist's name] AND "catalogue raisonné" in the UB library catalog

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