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Some art libraries do special classifying to keep an artist together. LC does pretty well keeping an artist in the same national grouping so Picasso is French whether it's painting or sculpture or ceramics or prints or general.
4. What is the proper use for A4 for exhibition catalogs?
Use Table N6 where indicated in the N schedule. A4 is used for collections of reproductions including exhibition catalogs. A4 is not applicable to the TRs for artistic photography.
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45. Classification frequently involves knowing the 'nationality' of the artist. Some are born in one country, but spend much of their creative life in another. Where do they get classified?
Generally artists are classed where they are born. Cornell puts Picasso, for example, with Spanish rather than French artists. The catalog is very mixed, however, since we accept copy. The ULAN link below may help determine 'nationality' in confusing cases. (See previous question)
5. What is the proper use for A4 for exhibition catalogs?
Use Table N6 where indicated in the N schedule. A4 is used for collections of reproductions including exhibition catalogs. A4 is not applicable to the TRs for artistic photography.
Sherman Clarke's classification cheat sheet from 1989 with various updates and not covered elsewhere: |
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NA was previously preferred for works on buildings or building types. However, when LC or member copy classifies such material in the history/description schedules (e.g. D, E, F), accept these classifications. |
TR140 was preferred for works by or about individual photographers. We now follow LC practice (e.g. TR140 should be used for biographies of individual photographers, TR647 for exhibitions, and TR654/655 for non-exhibitions with slight biographical content). Note: A4 should no longer be used with the TR schedule. |
Works about individual artists are classed first by medium (e.g. sculpture, painting, printmaking) and second by nationality. Use general N class if the works contains more than one medium. |
City planning used to be classified in NAC and landscape architecture in NP. These classifications are no longer used. If a new edition arrives for an item previously classed in this area, the related edition should be classified/reclassified into HT, SB, etc. |
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