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The image features an abstract composition with sharp, jagged lines and angular shapes. Text reading "DAS INFERNALISCHE ABENDMAHL" is displayed above the central design. In black and white, a central figure is surrounded by chaotic, overlapping forms, resembling shattered glass or a fractured landscape. These elements suggest movement and distortion. The abstract shapes could be interpreted as people around a table, reminiscent of a dinner scene. Below the image, there is German text composed of multiple stanzas.

Das Infernalische Abendmahl (The Infernal Last Supper) (headpiece, page 48) 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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