The image shows two cows and a man surrounded by rough sketch lines. There are two cows in the foreground, depicted with fluid lines suggesting movement. Above the cows are sketchy lines resembling barns or rural buildings, with a figure resembling a man nearby. The drawing is placed on a page with text above and below, creating an illustrative connection between the art and text.
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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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