Art History: Catalogue Raisonné
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
Start by:
Search the artist's name AND catalogue raisonné as a subject in the UB library catalog
Online:
Catalogue Raisonné Database: Catalogues raisonnés — scholarly compilations of an artist's body of work — are critical tools for researching the provenance and attribution of artwork. Below are two new electronic resources — a database of published catalogues raisonnés and one of catalogues in preparation. They can be searched separately or together and will be updated regularly.