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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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 livres d’artistes —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.
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Edouard Manet|Edgar Allan Poe|Stéphane Mallarmé — Design for
Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914) — Dinner Service (Rous
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 — 雪中鴉図|Crow Flying in the Snow
Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914) — Dinner Service (Rous
Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914) — Dinner Service (Rous
Walter Ruttmann (German, 1887–1941) — The Promenade
Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914) — The Pheasants
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919) — Claude Renoir, T
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 — 水辺に鴉図|Crow and Reeds by a Stream
José Guadalupe Posada — A skeleton wearing a bishop's mitre 
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 — 竹に鴉図|Crow on a Bamboo Branch
Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914) — The Top of the Swing
