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The image depicts the upper body of a person seated or partially reclined. The person has abstract facial features with large, oval eyes, a triangular nose, and dark, shoulder-length hair. They are wearing a patterned garment with geometric shapes and holding an animal in their arms. To the left, a red plant is depicted with layered, graphic shapes. The background consists of deep blue and brown colors.
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Young Woman with a Child (Mädchen mit Kind)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

1919

Medium
color woodcut on Japanese paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 42 x 35.5 cm (16 9/16 x 14 in.) ; sheet: 55 x 45 cm (21 5/8 x 17 11/16 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
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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