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Head of a Raven in Profile for Poster (Slipcase and Cover) for Le Corbeau: The Raven
Edouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)
1875
Medium/Technique
Brush and ink transfer lithograph on silky laid Japanese-style paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 30 x 20 cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number32.466.6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 83a; Moreau-Nélaton 95 proof
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.
Signed
l.r. E. Manet
InscriptionsSigned in graphite pencil, l.r.: E. Manet
ProvenancePossibly Sarah Whitman; W. G. Russell Allen; his gift to MFA, 4 February 1932.