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

“Brusilowski did not paint over them, but instead preserved them,” Sotheby’s catalog entry said, adding that this Brooklyn Museum gift is included in the artist’s catalogue raisonné.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2019

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

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

But it also furnishes the reader with an admirable catalogue raisonné of his books, arranged in chronological order.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Hamilton Wright Mabie

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