The image depicts an abstracted landscape scene featuring a mountainous terrain with swirling clouds above. Bold brushstrokes outline the forms in a monochromatic color palette of deep blacks, beige, and off-white. Various sharp, jagged lines suggest elements like trees or structures.
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Seehorn

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

1919

Medium
etching on gray wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 28.2 × 25.08 cm (11 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.) ; sheet: 41.4 × 34.7 cm (16 5/16 × 13 11/16 in.) (irregular)
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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