The Shadow that Lies Floating on the Floor. Illustration to The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

One of a set of brooding black-and-white lithographs Manet made to illustrate Poe's poem The Raven. The 1875 edition paired Poe's verse with Stephane Mallarme's French translation alongside it — a famous early example of a publisher's collaboration between writers and a major artist.