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| Keywords: Raven Manet E2 corrected.jpg Assessments 1 delist/File Raven Manet E2 jpg 2 Fourth illustration by Édouard Manet for a French translation by Stéphane Mallarmé of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven Other sources include http //www bridgemanart com/image/Manet-Edouard-1832-83/Illustration-for-The-Raven-by-Edgar-Allen-Poe-1875-litho/b637b90cf5914d729099270beefe79fa key artistid 4281a52a-f388-489d-aa51-4e8821286eb6 filter CBPOIHV thumb x150 num 15 page 35 The Bridgeman Art Library and the http //artsearch nga gov au/Detail-LRG cfm View LRG IRN 13325 PICTAUS TRUE National Gallery of Australia both show it in its expected orientation the source of this file shows it as upside down http //books google co uk/books id kIa6oR2A61IC pg PA145 dq 22In+the+fourth+plate +shadow+has+itself+taken+on+life +becoming+the+most+prominent+form +At+its+bottom+it+resembles+that+cast+by+the+bird+perched+upon+the+bust +but+then+in+much+freer+strokes+it+becomes+a+dense+vapour+rising+and+trailing+into+oblivion 22 client firefox-a cd 1 v onepage q 22In 20the 20fourth 20plate 2C 20shadow 20has 20itself 20taken 20on 20life 2C 20becoming 20the 20most 20prominent 20form 20At 20its 20bottom 20it 20resembles 20that 20cast 20by 20the 20bird 20perched 20upon 20the 20bust 2C 20but 20then 20in 20much 20freer 20strokes 20it 20becomes 20a 20dense 20vapour 20rising 20and 20trailing 20into 20oblivion 22 f false Manet's Silence and the Poetics of Bouquets by James Henry Rubin says In the fourth plate shadow has itself taken on life becoming the most prominent form At its bottom it resembles that cast by the bird perched upon the bust but then in much freer strokes it becomes a dense vapour rising and trailing into oblivion At this period plates were usually printed separately from the text and inserted afterwards so it's not impossible that a single copy might have a plate misplaced or upside-down and as no reliable source comments on any unusual orientation it seems likely barring actual evidence to the contrary that the upside-down orientation was a printing error confined to the primary source of this file and perhaps this copy No 29 of limited run The original restoration was tightly-cropped As impressionism tends to make use of empty spaces this version has cloned in some more paper at the top This is not really ideal but redoing a significant part of the restoration would be needed to do it more properly Library of Congresshttp //catalog loc gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon cgi DB local CNT 20 CMD k010+48033816http //lcweb2 loc gov/cgi-bin/ampage collId rbc3 fileName rbc0001_2003gen33816page db recNum 25 1875 creator Édouard Manet File Raven Manet E2 jpg Upside-down version of this file restoration of File Raven Manet E jpg rotated and recomposed Dirt stains and smudges removed Corrected for brightness variances caused by paper not lying flat on scanner Histogram adjusted and colors balanced See also File Raven Manet E1 tif partial restoration and File Raven Manet E2 tif full restoration uncompressed A file with severe white point adjustment for a transcribed version can be found at File Le Corbeau - Manet Plate 4 c 29 png A separate copy no 140 is available from Gallica's microform File Le Corbeau - Manet Plate 4 jpg PD-old-100 Le Corbeau Manet | ||||
