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

• 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

Etymology

Origin of catalogue raisonné

1775–85; < French: literally, reasoned catalog

Example Sentences

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catalogue raisonné

A catalogue raisonné is a herculean effort of research, detective work, devotion and perception.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 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

The catalogue raisonné was so bound up with the history of his passion that the thing had become a catalogue raisonné of its vicissitudes.

From The Divine Fire by May Sinclair