Doing Research in Art History

catalogue raisonné [French, 'reasoned catalogue'] the complete published catalogue of an artist's work. Such catalogues, for example Paul-André Lemoisne's four-volume Degas et son oeuvre ('Degas and his work'), published in Paris, 1946–9, are normally regarded as standard publications on the subject and are often referred to in abbreviated form. Degas's famous portrait of Diego Martelli (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh), for example, would be 'Lemoisne no. 519'.

- from The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms Oxford Art Online

In addition to a complete list of the artist's works, the catalog may include the following information about the works listed:

• Title and title variations
• Dimension/Size
• Date of the work
• Medium
• Current location/owner at time of publication
• Provenance (history of ownership)
• Exhibition history
• Condition of the work
• Bibliography/Literature that discusses the work
• Essay(s) on the artist
• Critical assessments and remarks
• Full description of the work
• Signatures, Inscriptions and Monograms of the artist
• Reproduction of each work
• List of works attributed, lost, destroyed and fakes
• Catalog number

- from The New York Public Library

Start by:

• Searching the artist's name as a subject in the library catalog or as a name in the Clark Library Catalog
• Searching the artist's name as a subject in Williams WorldCat.

Then consult:

Or search: