Same art exhibition – different illustrated catalogues!

Question of an auctioneer

I am researching the painting L’enfant prodigue, an artwork by the Bulgarian artist Julius Mordecai Pincas known as Pascin. The picture was created in 1921 and it should appear in the following publication:

 

Self-portrait in the age of photography. Photographers reflecting their own image, [exposition at the Musée cantonal des beaux-arts, Lausanne], [catalogue], ed. by Erika Billeter, Bern: Benteli 1985

Jules Pascin, painting by Albert Weisgerber, 1906 (Wikimedia Commons)

The book Self-portrait in the age of photography doesn’t contain the painting L’enfant prodigue. However, above the index in this book, a note points out that the “following has been taken from the catalogue published for the more comprehensive exhibition held in Lausanne... “ – but without mentioning the title of that publication.

Because this exhibition was held in Lausanne, the Swiss National Library (NL) should have all published catalogues related to this exhibition. All exhibition catalogues can be found in the NL’s online catalogue Helveticat.
The search in Helveticat with the terms
"Musée cantonal des beaux-arts" Lausanne
and the publication year 1985
yields 9 results, among them the following title:

 

L'autoportrait à l'âge de la photographie : peintres et photographes en dialogue avec leur propre image = Das Selbstportrait im Zeitalter der Photographie : Maler und Photographen im Dialog mit sich selbst : expositions, Musée cantonal des beaux-arts, Lausanne, 18 janvier-24 mars 1985 ; Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, 11 avril-9 juin 1985 : [catalogue], publ. par Erika Billeter, Berne: Benteli 1985

This record offers a cross reference to the catalogue published for the Stuttgart exhibition:

 

Das Selbstportrait im Zeitalter der Photographie : Maler und Photographen im Dialog mit sich selbst = L'Autoportrait à l'âge de la photographie : peintres et photographes en dialogue avec leur propre image : Ausstellungen, Musée cantonal des beaux-arts, Lausanne, 18.Januar-24.März 1985 ; Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, 19.April-9.Juni 1985 : [Katalog] / hrsg. von Erika Billeter ; mit einem Vorw. von Michel Tournier ; Textbeitr. von Erika Billeter ... [et al.] ; [Übers.: Uta Nusser ... et al.].

Both Lausanne and Stuttgart catalogues mentioned above are unabridged and contain the requested Pascin’s painting L’enfant prodigue.

As there are no cross references between the more comprehensive editions and the abridged English version, it makes it difficult to find all versions of the catalogues of this exhibition.

 

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