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catalogue raisonné

[kat-l-awg rez-uh-ney, -og, ka-ta-lawg re-zaw-ney] / ˈkæt lˌɔg ˌrɛz əˈneɪ, -ˌɒg, ka ta lɔg rɛ zɔˈneɪ /
NOUN
detailed catalog of an artist's work
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According to the gallerist Frank Maresca, the Indigenous Australian painter Paddy Bedford, who died in 2007, is the only outsider artist in the world to have a catalogue raisonné.

From New York Times May 5, 2022

In the immediate wake of Williams’ death, no glossy books of his work were published, much less a catalogue raisonné.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 14, 2021

Since the sixties, Richter has been compiling his own catalogue raisonné, an official list of works usually assembled by scholars and curators.

From The New Yorker Jan. 14, 2019

The museum also will publish a six-volume catalogue raisonné, or comprehensive edition, of more than 800 of Mr. Johns’s drawings.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2018

When they were exhibited, after Mathews' death, at the Pantheon in Oxford Street, Lamb's remarks were appended to the catalogue raisonné.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb



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