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Hello, I would agree that the Frick is a good place to contact. Also, the Catalogues Raisonnes Scholar's Association has started to tackle this issue. They come from the researcher's perspective as opposed to the Librarian's, however a couple years ago they hosted a "mini-conference" on electronic catalogues raisonnes featuring some library and publishing representatives. The program for that event is available online and it may be worth reaching out to some of the speakers or the association: http://www.catalogueraisonne.org/CRSAminicon2011program.pdf Online CRs that are deemed authoritative (which is itself difficult to determine unless the artist or artist's estate is directly involved) often have to be dealt with on a case by case basis as there is no one-size-fits all format or delivery method. Many are websites or online databases, sometimes with login credentials required, which obviously presents challenges when cataloging for library access. Long story short, without standardized procedures for the creation, maintenance, and cataloging of these resources, it's tricky... Best, Emily (Brooklyn Museum Library) On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Bill Cole <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Exclusively online catalogues raisonnés are, in my opinion, huge > lawsuits waiting to happen. > > For prints, maybe; for drawings or paintings, forget it. > > Unlike bibliographies, catalogues raisonnés are not merely convenient > repositories of information: including a work in a catalogue raisonné > unequivocally declares it to be authentic. > > I realize that many works featured in traditional (i.e., printed) > catalogues raisonnés have, over the years, been shown to be fakes--people > will always be human, after all. And in those cases the reputation of the > compiler (and thus of his/her scholarship) is diminished. So there is a > clear incentive to get it right the first time. > > What do you think will happen when a rich Wall Streeter buys a $5 > million painting, relying on a catalogue raisonné entry on the Podunk > University website--and then three years later finds that the entry has > been > deleted? > > I don't know the answer to this question, but I sure wouldn't want to > be > one of Podunk U.'s lawyers. > > > Best > > Bill Cole > Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery > > > > > > > > > > >> > >> On Oct 29, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Amy E Lucker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi folks, > >>> we here at NYU are starting to think about how to deal with e-only > >>> catalogues > >>> raisonnes. Has anyone out there come up with a plan for how to collect, > >>> catalog, and disseminate these resources? If so, please share. > >>> > >>> thanks so much, > >>> Amy > >>> ************************************* > >>> Amy Lucker > >>> Head, Institute of Fine Arts Library Acting Head, > >>> Library > >>> New York University AND Institute > for the > >>> Study of the Ancient World > >>> James B. Duke House New York > >>> University > >>> 1 East 78th Street 15 East > 84th > >>> Street > >>> New York, NY 10075 New York, > NY > >>> 10028 > >>> [log in to unmask] > >>> (212) 992-5908 > >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>> Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about > joining > >>> ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters > >>> (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] > >>> ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org > >>> Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: > [log in to unmask] > >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about > joining > >> ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters > >> (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] > >> ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org > >> Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: > [log in to unmask] > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~