catalogue raisonné

American  

[kat-l-awg rez-uh-nay, -og, ka-ta-lawg re-zaw-nay] / ˈkæt lˌɔg ˌrɛz əˈneɪ, -ˌɒg, ka ta lɔg rɛ zɔˈneɪ /

noun

• catalogues raisonnés
  plural

1. a catalog, as of paintings or books, with notes or commentary on the items listed; a classified, descriptive catalog.

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catalogue raisonné British  

/ katalɔɡ rɛzɔne /

noun

1. a descriptive catalogue, esp one covering works of art in an exhibition or collection

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• catalogues raisonnés
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of catalogue raisonné

1775–85; < French: literally, reasoned catalog

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Example Sentences

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catalogue raisonné

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

But despite the author’s best efforts to apply that thinking to Riley’s oeuvre too, the catalogue raisonné is proof that, for Riley, progress is the point.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2018

Joseph Newland, the director of publishing at the Menil, says he felt some trepidation about working with such an exacting printmaker on the catalogue raisonné of his drawings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2018

It would be an interesting task to compose a catalogue raisonné of Antinous statues and basreliefs, and to discuss the question of their mythological references.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by John Addington Symonds

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