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The image shows an abstract representation of a seated person. They are sitting cross-legged with one hand on their knee and the other holding a long pipe to their mouth. The person has bold, linear features, including a mustache and beard, and is wearing a hat, vest, and pants. The background has abstract forms resembling mountains and possibly a figure of a barking dog or another person, all depicted with bold red and blue lines in a stylized, expressive manner.
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Smoking Peasant

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

Medium
color woodcut printed in blue and red
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 18 x 18 cm (7 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.) ; sheet: 21.3 x 21.5 cm (8 3/8 x 8 7/16 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
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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