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This is a photograph of a book cover. The cover features a minimalist design with a centered title label on a plain background. The background is a muted green color that shows signs of wear and fading at the edges. The central label is a cream rectangle with bold black text. It reads "GEORG HEYM UMBRA VITAE" and mentions "MIT 47 ORIGINAL-HOLZSCHNITTEN VON ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER," followed by "KURT WOLFF VERLAG - MÜNCHEN." The cover conveys a vintage aesthetic, indicative of an era when typography and simple design played a central role in book presentation.

Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: The Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

1924 · bound volume with 50 woodcuts (including cover and front and back endpapers) on wove paper

National Gallery of Art · Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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