This is a drawing of architectural forms and two figures. The image features large, blocky shapes, potentially representing buildings or walls, with two stylized figures in the foreground, one of which appears to be bending over a structure. The drawing has the text "DIE NEUEN HÄUSER" (The New Houses) above it. The structures depicted have a raw, minimalist style, with flat surfaces and sharp edges. Below the illustration is a German poem, starting with "Im grünen Himmel, der manchmal knallt..." which translates to descriptions of a cold evening scene. The style of the drawing invokes a…
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Die Neuen Häuser (The New Houses) (headpiece, page 40) 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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