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There is a rectangular abstract illustration at the top of the page. The image has bold, dark lines and shapes against a light background. The illustration depicts a cityscape with buildings and a sky filled with swirling cloud-like forms. Below the illustration, there is a block of centered text on the page. The title "NACHT III" is in bold capital letters, followed by a poem in German. The text is printed in a clear serif typeface, with the page number "39" at the bottom right corner.

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Nacht III (Night III) (headpiece, page 39) 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: Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed

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