Perched upon a Bust of Pallas
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1875
Perched upon a Bust of Pallas — Print, by Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883), made in France, 19th century, dated 1875. Edouard Manet created this lithograph for his friend Stephane Mallarmé’s 1875 French translation of American writer Edgar Allan Poe’s classic poem “The Raven” (1845) about a man mourning his deceased love who is visited by a raven that repeatedly cries, “Nevermore.”
Mallarmé’s edition is considered one of the first modern <em>livres d’artistes</em>—books created specifically as works of visual art. Manet created four full-page illustrations, including the scene in which the raven stares at the narrator from the top of the bust of the goddess Athena, and a raven head design used on the book’s cover and on its advertising poster. Physical description: lithograph; Image: 48.5 x 32.7 cm (19 1/8 x 12 7/8 in.); Sheet: 55.5 x 39 cm (21 7/8 x 15 3/8 in.).
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Historical context
Held by Cleveland Museum of Art (object no. 1926.297). The museum record attributes this piece to Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883) in France, 19th century around 1875. Details beyond the museum's own catalogue entry have not been independently verified.
Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Image: 48.5 x 32.7 cm (19 1/8 x 12 7/8 in.); Sheet: 55.5 x 39 cm (21 7/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
- Materials techniques
- lithograph
Identification
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- All details come from the object's own museum catalogue record; nothing has been copied from other entries.
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- Museum object number
- 1926.297
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