The image is a black and white illustration showing three people in a dynamic pose, with a partial view of their bodies from the waist up. The figures are leaning and reaching towards each other. Their features are stylized, with angular lines defining their faces and hair. They are wearing loose-fitting garments, with one figure in the center wearing a hat. The clothing is simple, focusing on shapes and lines. There is no visible jewelry or objects being held. The background is white. The image is surrounded by a block of text in German above and below and the page number "28" is visible at…
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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
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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