Design for the poster and cover for The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Medium
Transfer lithograph on simili-parchment
Dimensions
sheet: 12 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (32.4 x 28.6 cm) (irregular)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
Accession Number
24.30.27(6)
Tags
About the Artist
Edouard Manet|Edgar Allan Poe|Stéphane Mallarmé · 1832–1883
Édouard Manet (1832-1883) was a French painter who played a pivotal role in the transition from Realism to Impressionism, often called the 'Father of Modern Art.' Born into a wealthy Parisian family, Manet defied his father's wishes for a legal career to pursue painting, studying under academic artist Thomas Couture. His revolutionary works 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' and 'Olympia' (both 1863) scand...