catalogue raisonné

American  

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

noun

plural

catalogues raisonnés

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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Etymology

Origin of catalogue raisonné

1775–85; < French: literally, reasoned catalog

Example Sentences

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

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

He must and would finish that catalogue raisonné by the twenty-seventh.

From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May