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With its documentary collections of thousands of titles, the Musée library is a very unique research venue specialized in Québec art.
The library’s documentary collections are available on various supports and in the following forms: collections catalogues, auction house catalogues, exhibition catalogues, descriptive catalogues, DVDs, CDs, audiovisual documents, files, private archives, Québec early art research fund, books, periodicals, reports and themes, auction house directories and slides.
The library meets the objectives of the Musée’s research programs. It is also open, by appointment, to professionals from the art world and graduate students. Appointments: bibliom@mnba.qc.ca, (418) 644-6460, ext. 3341, fax: (418) 643-2478.
List of private archives available for consultation
- Henri Beau
- Jack Beder
- Napoléon Bourassa
- Sylvia Daoust
- Georges Delfosse
- Georges-Henri Duquet
- Eugène Hamel
- Adrien Hébert
- Henri Hébert
- Louis-Philippe Hébert
- Julien Hébert
- Simone Hudon
- Marius Plamondon
- Edna Pretty (Horatio Walker)
- Zanettin
To consult these archives, researchers must make an appointment at least 24 hours in advance.
List of auction house catalogues
Bonhams (Londres) - Travel & Topographical Pictures
Christie’s (Londres) - Explorating and travel art and artefacts
Christie’s (New York) – American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Encan Empire (Montréal)
Les Encans Pinneys (Montréal) – Art canadien et européen
Heffel Fine Art Auction House (Toronto et Vancouver) – Fine Canadian Art
Iegor Hotel des Encans (Montréal)
Joyner Waddington’s (Toronto) – Canadian Art
Maynards Auctionners (Vancouver)
Ritchies (Toronto) - Select Sale
Sotheby’s (Londres) – The Travel Sales
Sotheby’s (New-York) – American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture
Sotheby’s (Toronto) - Important Canadian Art
Walker’s (Ottawa) – Fine Art & Antique Auction
E-catalogue
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec library’s e-catalogue is available for consultation on CUBIQ (Catalogue unifié des bibliothèques gouvernementales du Québec). This catalogue includes the list of documents acquired by the Musée library since 1987 (collections catalogues, exhibition catalogues, descriptive catalogues, DVDs, CDs, audiovisual documents, books) and publications linked to the exhibitions presented at the Musée since it opened in 1933.
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