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The image shows abstract shapes and lines, creating a cluster of figures and geometric forms. Some elements resemble people and trees with a combination of straight and curved lines suggesting limbs and branches. The text "UMBRA VITAE" is displayed above the artwork. Below the image, there is structured text resembling stanzas, written in German. The arrangement of dark and light areas creates a sense of movement and depth.

Umbra Vitae (headpiece, page 1) from Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: The Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

1924 · woodcut from a 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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