The image shows irregular and interconnected lines forming abstract human figures. Some figures are standing, some are sitting, and they appear to be interacting with each other. It resembles a group of people gathered together in a simple and sketchy style.
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In-text plate 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
photomechanical relief print 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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