The Flying Raven, Ex Libris for The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Medium
Lithograph on simili-parchment
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 1/8 x 11 5/8 in. (15.6 x 29.5 cm)
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(1)
Tags
Birds
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...