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The Raven on the Bust ("Perched upon a bust of Pallas"), illustration for Le Corbeau: The Raven
Edouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)
1875
Medium/Technique
Brush and ink transfer lithograph on chine
Dimensions
Image: 47.5 x 32 cm (18 11/16 x 12 5/8 in.); Sheet: 55 x 37 cm (21 5/8 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number32.466.4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 83d, 2; Guérin 86b, 2; Moreau-Nélaton 092
DescriptionOne of six illustrations for the poster, slipcase, and cover (83a), text (83b-e), and ex-libris (83f) of Stéphane Mallarmé's translation of Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven. (Portfolio cover kept with French books.)
ProvenancePossibly Sarah Whitman; W. G. Russell Allen; his gift to MFA, 4 February 1932.