This is a black and white woodcut print with German text. The woodcut depicts abstract human figures with raised arms against a background that suggests movement. The title "DIE SEEFAHRER" (The Sailors) and the German text suggest a theme related to seafaring. The text is organized into stanzas of a poem that evokes imagery of landscapes and emotional experiences. The bold lines of the woodcut create contrast against the light background, reinforcing the themes of the poem.
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Die Seefahrer (The Seafarer) (headpiece, page 10) from Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: The Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

and author Georg Heym (German, born Poland, 1887 - 1912)

printer Spamersche Buchdruckerei, Leipzig

publisher Kurt Wolff (German, 1887 - 1963)

1924

Medium
woodcut from a bound volume with 50 woodcuts (including cover and front and back endpapers) on wove paper
Classification
Volume
Dimensions
book: 23.8 × 16.5 × 1.2 cm (9 3/8 × 6 1/2 × 1/2 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
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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