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  • Art, Design, and Architecture Collection (ProQuest)
  • AskART.com
  • Berg Fashion Library
  • Bloomsbury Design Library
  • OhioLINK Catalog
  • Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels
  • Vogue Archive
  • WGSN

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Online Art Books & Exhibition Catalogs

Catalogues Raisonnés

What is a catalogue raisonné?

"All the works of an artist".  A scholar or a group of scholars documents every work of an artist's career.  Each work is pictured, with scholarly opinions, provenance (where the work has been), literature about the work, and forgeries. Not all artists have catalogues raisonnés, and some catalogues raisonnés are limited to a particular medium, like all the paintings or prints of an artist. 

When searching the CCAD catalog for catalogues raisonnés, just type catalogue raisonne in one keyword box and the artist's name in the next one. Don't bother the the é character. In fact, you can ignore all non-English letters like, ä ë ñ ó ü, when you search the catalog. Just type the letter without the extra bits.

International Foundation for Art Research Catalogue Raisonné Index

Oxford Bibliographies Online - Art History

Historic Art Book Collection

Antique works of art from Benin, 1900, collected by Lieutenant-General Pitt Rivers

Decoration primitive, Afrique : quarante-deux planches, 1922

Le costume historique, [Historic costume],  A. Racinet (6 vols.), 1888

Le Costume historique, trois cent vingt-cinq planches, v. 1-2, (our "mini" Racinet), 1890

Exhibition of the art of the American Negro (1851 to 1940). Assembled by the American Negro Exposition. On view July 4 to September 2, 1940, Tanner Art Galleries, American Negro Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1940.

Making an appointment

Because of reduced hours, viewing Special Collections materials is by appointment only. Contact Christine Mannix (cmannix@ccad.edu).

Bring your CCAD ID card. If your item has a barcode we will "check out" the item. If it doesn't have a barcode, we will hold your ID. For security purposes, we request that you sit at the table across for the circulation desk. One book may be viewed at a time unless special permission is given to view multiple books.

Book handling 101: Wash your hands (hold the moisturizer, please!); no food or drinks allowed; stow belongings; pencil and notebook or laptops only; photos without flash are allowed, but not photocopies.