Bea Maddock
Ann Stephen reviews 'Bea Maddock: Catalogue Raisonné Volume I 1951–1983'
Ann Stephen
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Long before the era of digital media, the catalogue raisonné evolved as a virtual art museum to house the oeuvre of a single artist. Such scholarly tomes are known by the French adjective meaning a ‘reasoned’ catalogue, implying a tool for making sense. Thus by assembling each work with precise details on medium, dating, and provenance, an artist’s career can be fully understood and any attribution can be tested.
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October 2012, no. 345