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On the page, a bold abstract shape is positioned beneath a block of text. This dark, jagged shape consists of angular lines and contrasting areas of black and white, forming a pattern. The flowing, curved lines within the shape could be seen as stylized facial features or draped fabric. This form creates an organic contrast to the rectangular, orderly text above it.

Die Messe (The Mass) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

1912/1922 · woodcut from a bound volume with 51 woodcuts (including cover and front and back endpapers) on wove paper

National Gallery of Art · Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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