A catalogue raisonne is a complete listed record of an artist's works. Compile a catalogue raisonne.
It takes decades and is the standard authority on whether a work is genuine. Anything not in the catalogue raisonne is nearly impossible to sell.
1nouncatalogue raisonneA complete listed record of an artist's works.
“The catalogue raisonne ran to four volumes and took thirty years.”
catalogue raisonne is a record.
Practised in Antiques & Collecting