Édouard Manet and J. Lefman
Perched Upon a Bust of Pallas (Raven on the Bust)
1874
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Brush and ink transfer lithograph, Sheet: 545 x 356 mm. (21 7/16 x 14 in.)
Image: 483 x 317 mm. (19 x 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.18055
But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. . .
Then the bird said “Nevermore.”
The narrator looks up to see the Raven perched upon a bust of Pallas
Athena. The Raven and his ominous shadow convey the bird’s
frightening power over the distressed narrator.
(Edgar Allan Poe, 2009)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Haunting Visions of Poe: Illustrations by Manet, Matisse & Gauguin
Edgar Allan Poe: A Baltimore Icon
Picturing Poe: Illustrations for Edgar Allan Poe's Stories and Poems
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), p. 112 illustrated.
Harris, Jean C. Edouard Manet, The Graphic Work: A Catalogue Raisonné (New York: Collectors Editions Limited, 1970; revised edition, San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1990), p. 238, #83d.
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), pp. 110-116, #69.
Wilson, Juliet. Manet: Dessins, aquarelles, eaux-fortes, lithographies, correspondence (Paris: Galerie Huguette Berès, 1978), #89.
Wilson, Juliet. Edouard Manet: L’Oeuvre gravé (Ingelheim am Rhein: Stadtverwaltung Ingelheim, 1977), p. 129, #99.
Guérin, Marcel. L’Oeuvre gravé de Manet (Paris: Librairie Floury, 1944), #86b.
Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Manet graveur et lithographe (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906), #92.
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), pp. 110-116, #69.
Wilson, Juliet. Manet: Dessins, aquarelles, eaux-fortes, lithographies, correspondence (Paris: Galerie Huguette Berès, 1978), #89.
Wilson, Juliet. Edouard Manet: L’Oeuvre gravé (Ingelheim am Rhein: Stadtverwaltung Ingelheim, 1977), p. 129, #99.
Guérin, Marcel. L’Oeuvre gravé de Manet (Paris: Librairie Floury, 1944), #86b.
Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Manet graveur et lithographe (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906), #92.
Inscribed: Signed in matrix: lower right "E.M."
Markings: None
