Definitions
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- noun A publication listing titles of articles or literary works, especially the contents of an exhibition, along with related descriptive or critical material.
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- noun A complete
index , usually with descriptions andreproductions , of a body of work, such as all the creations of a single artist.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French : catalogue, catalog + raisonné, methodical, descriptive, from past participle of raisonner, to reason, analyze.]
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“In 2006 Ms. Angell completed the first volume of the catalogue raisonné of Warhol’s films, a book that includes many of Mr. Name’s pictures.”
The New York Times, In Search of an Archive of Warhol’s Era, by Randy Kennedy, January 8, 2010
January 9, 2010