A la fenêtre (At the Window) (plate 2) from Le Corbeau (The Raven)
Édouard Manet
French, 1832–1883
1875
A lithograph by Édouard Manet that places a solitary figure at an open window, using inklike, painterly strokes to evoke a sudden, moody moment between interior solitude and the outside world.
You are struck by the bold black silhouette of the man against brisk, sketchy marks that render chimneys and a circling bird, producing a tense contrast between dark interior shadow and a restless city beyond.
This print shows how Manet translated the immediacy of his painting into lithography, helping to assert printmaking as a medium for modern, expressive urban subjectivity rather than mere reproduction.
Medium
Lithograph from an illustrated book with six lithographs (including ex libris)
Dimensions
composition (irreg.): 15 1/4 × 12 3/16" (38.7 × 31 cm); sheet (irreg.): 20 7/8 × 14 5/16" (53.1 × 36.3 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
The Louis E. Stern Collection
Accession
910.1964.3
Palette
Exhibitions
