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The image shows an artistic depiction of a person lying down, appearing to be in a sleeping or resting position. The person is stylized and abstract, with minimal facial details and short hair. They are covered by a striped blanket or cloth. Beside them, there are geometric shapes resembling buildings or structures, suggesting an urban setting. The surroundings appear textured, possibly indicating a curtain or wall in the background. The text "HALBER SCHLAF" is above the image, and there is a German poem below it. The page number "36" is printed in the bottom left corner of the page.
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Halber Schlaf (Half Sleep) (headpiece, page 36) 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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