The image shows two abstract human-like figures holding hands, outlined in bold black lines on a yellow background. The figures are contained within a rectangular frame with an abstract shape indicating a facial form above them. The design appears simplistic and primitive, with recognizable human shapes. Additionally, text in bold black font is placed at the top and bottom of the image, enhancing its geometric aesthetic.
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Front cover from Kirchner Zeichnungen (Kirchner Drawings)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

author Will Grohmann (German, 1887 - 1968)

publisher Arnolds Graphische Bücher

printer Johannes Pässler

1925

Medium
woodcut from a bound volume with 17 woodcuts (including title page and front and back covers) and three photomechanical relief prints (of drawings) on coated paper
Classification
Volume
Dimensions
book: 27 × 21 × 2 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/4 × 13/16 in.)
Culture
German
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 museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

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