Flying Raven: ex libris, from The Raven (Le Corbeau)
1875
Medium
Transfer lithograph in black on ivory parchment paper
Dimensions
Image: 6.3 × 24 cm (2 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 25.4 × 28.7 cm (10 × 11 5/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
234967
Rights
Public Domain
Art Historical Context
Édouard Manet, a pioneering 19th-century French artist associated with Realism and Impressionism, created this transfer lithograph in 1875. Titled Flying Raven: ex libris, from The Raven (Le Corbeau), it features a raven soaring across the page, intended as a bookplate for a publication of the famous poem. Though Manet is renowned for his paintings, this print showcases his graphic skills, using economical lines to convey energy and atmosphere. The medium of transfer lithography allowed Manet to produce detailed reproductions from his drawings, printed in black ink on ivory parchment paper. T...