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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building > Collections & Reading Rooms > Art & Architecture Collection > Collection Description What is a Catalogue Raisonné?A catalogue raisonné is a comprehensive, annotated listing of all the known works of an artist either in a particular medium or all media. They may provide some or all of the following:
To see if there is a raisonné on a specific artist, you may consult “Art Books: a basic bibliography of monographs on artists” by Wolfgang M. Freitag, available in the Art & Architecture Reading Room. In the Library’s online catalog, CATNYP, you need to search the artist using LAST NAME, FIRST NAME in the ‘Subject’ field:
The entries will look as follows: Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956 – Catalogs However, not all raisonnés are identified in CATNYP; some may be listed under ‘Catalogs’. Some other terms used instead of catalogue raisonné are:
The catalogue raisonnes collection is located and requested at the reference desk in the Art & Architecture Collection; the call numbers begin with (C.R.). According to some scholars, not all volumes collected and placed in our reference desk collection are true catalogues raisonnés. We have included books that provide the closest listing of all the works of an artist that is available at the moment. Any raisonné dealing with etchings, lithographs, prints…are in the Print Collection, Room 308. Organizations dealing with catalogues raisonnés are: Catalogue
Raisonné Scholars Association International
Foundation for Art Research (IFAR) Index to Print Catalogues
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