IN THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN
Edouard Manet (1832-1883), the French pioneer of 19th century art, and Symbolist poet Stephane Mallarme (1842-1898) collaborated on a 1875 edition of The Raven. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), its American author, has inspired a number of French artistic figures from Manet to Paul Gauguin to Henri Matisse as well as writers Mallarme (who translated The Raven below), Charles Baudelaire, and even Jules Verne.
So what better way to observe Halloween with a multi-arts presentation of Poe’s celebrated work. You might want to refer to the Poetry Foundation’s website for the entire poem.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48860/the-raven
THE FLYING RAVEN
Edouard Manet, The Flying Raven, Ex-Libris for “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, 1875, lithograph on simili-parchment, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY,
Edouard Manet, Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, from “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, 1875, lithograph, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
OPEN HERE I FLUNG THE SHUTTER
Edouard Manet, Open Here I Flung the Shutters, from “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, 1875, Transfer lithograph; final state of five, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
PERCHED UPON A BUST OF PALLAS,
Edouard Manet, Perched Upon a Bust of Pallas, from “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, 1875, Transfer lithograph; final state of two, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
THE SHADOW THAT LIES FLOATING ON THE FLOOR
Edouard Manet, The Shadow that Lies Floating on the Floor, from “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, 1875, Transfer lithograph; only state, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
DESIGN FOR THE POSTER AND COVER
Edouard Manet, Design for the poster and cover from “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, 1875, Transfer lithograph on parchment-simili, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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