Wildenstein Index Number

Wildenstein Index Number

A Wildenstein Index Number refers to an item in a numerical system published in catalogues by Daniel Wildenstein, a distinguished scholar of Impressionism, who published catalogues raisonnés of artists such as Claude Monet, Edouard Manet and Paul Gauguin through his family business, Wildenstein & Company. In these catalogues, each painting by an artist was assigned a unique number. These index numbers are now used throughout the art world, in art texts, and on art websites to uniquely identify specific works of art by specific artists. [cite web|url=http://www.artofmonet.com/Home_Page.htm|accessdate=2007-10-09|publisher=artofmonet.com|title=Series and Themes (Home Page) - Grain Stacks] [Lemonedes, Heather, Lynn Federle Orr and David Steel, "Monete in Normandy," Rizzoli International Publications, 2006, ISBN 0-8478-2842-5]

An example is the "Monet: Catalogue Raisonné" (ISBN 3822885592), which is a four volume set published in 1996 with 2,580 illustrations in 1,540 pages. In this set, volume I is a biography and volumes II-IV contain a chronological listing of Monet's work; that is to say, volume II contains Wildenstein Index #1 produced in 1858 through #968 produced in 1885. The catalogue is produced with text in French, English, and German. The original version of this set was a five-volume black and white edition that has become collectible at costs of approximately U.S.$10,000 because it was originally only available to large museums or major universities' art department. [cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Monet-Catalogue-Raisonne-Daniel-Wildenstein/dp/3822885592|accessdate=2007-10-09|publisher=Amazon.com, Inc.|title=Monet: Catalogue Raisonné [BOX SET] (Hardcover)|author=Wildenstein, Daniel] The original black and white version was published in 1974 in four volumes and had a 1991 supplementary volume of additional paintings as well as drawings and pastels. The 1996 revised edition in multiple languages does not include pastels, drawings, letters or footnotes from the original edition. Thus, the original is the most valuable resource for scholars.Ganz, James A. and Richard Kendall, "The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings," 2007, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, ISBN 0300118627, p. XI.]

Although most of the catalogues are published with Daniel as the author, other members of the five-generation family business were also responsible for promulgating this numbering system. Daniel's father Georges Wildenstein published catalogues raisonnés for Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin in the 1960s. [cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Chardin-catalogue-raisonne-Georges-Wildenstein/dp/0571093140/ref=sr_1_6/002-3506741-5283202?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191954925&sr=1-6|accessdate=2007-10-09|publisher=Amazon.com, Inc.|title=Chardin: catalogue raisonne|author=Wildenstein, Georges] [cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Paintings-Fragonard-Complete-Catalogue-Illustrations/dp/B000J2VI3W/ref=sr_1_3/002-3506741-5283202?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191954925&sr=1-3|accessdate=2007-10-09|publisher=Amazon.com, Inc.|title=The Paintings of Fragonard: Complete Edition with a Catalogue Raisonné and 350 Illustrations|author=Wildenstein, Georges] His son, Alec, has published a catalogue for Odilon Redon. [cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Odilon-Redon-Catalogue-Catalogues-Raisonnes/dp/2850472468/ref=sr_1_8/002-3506741-5283202?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191954925&sr=1-8|title=Odilon Redon: Catalogue Raisonne|author=Wildenstein, Alec|publisher=Amazon.com, Inc.|accessdate=2007-10-09]

Notes

See also

* Opus number


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