The image displays bold, jagged lines and textured shading in an abstract composition. The outlines suggest figures resembling people around a table. Shapes resembling human faces, a vase, and a bottle are present. The overlapping forms create a dynamic flow across the image, inviting exploration of its complexity.
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Women at a Table in a Room

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

1920

Medium
etching with drypoint and surface etching
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 25 x 31.7 cm (9 13/16 x 12 1/2 in.) ; sheet: 35.7 x 45 cm (14 1/16 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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