This is a page from a book with a print titled 'DIE SCHLÖSSER' and a poem. The page displays a black and white woodcut or linocut print with a style reminiscent of German Expressionism, possibly inspired by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The print is divided into two panels. The left panel portrays a chaotic scene with stylized figures and abstract shapes, while the right panel shows figures under draped fabric. Below the print is a German poem with three stanzas touching on themes of dark romanticism. The typography is bold and gothic, matching the dramatic imagery. The number '21' is visible at…
Gallery mode Full size at the museum

Window mode follows your eyes with your camera, in this browser only: no picture or position leaves your device.

Die Schlösser (The Castles) (headpiece, page 21) 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

View at the National Gallery of Art