The artwork shows a series of bold, angular lines and shapes intersecting and overlapping. The abstract composition gives the impression of a bridge over a landscape, with structures resembling rooftops and buildings in the background. The use of sharply angled lines and geometric forms suggests elements of an urban environment, with the bridge and buildings resembling city structures.
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River Bank at Elisabeth (Berlin)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

1912-1913

Medium
woodcut in black
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 20.5 x 23 cm (8 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.) ; sheet: 42.8 x 34 cm (16 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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