The image shows a page from a book with text in German above a black and white illustration. The illustration is located towards the bottom of the page, just above the page number 18. It depicts a stylized landscape or scene with arched structures resembling domes or arches at the center, surrounded by foliage or trees. The bold and rough brushstrokes or carving technique create contrasts and a sense of movement. The color palette is monochromatic, with black ink on a cream-colored page. The horizon is not defined, but the composition directs the focus towards the central arch formations,…
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Mond (Moon) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: 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)

1912/1922

Medium
woodcut from a bound volume with 51 woodcuts (including cover and front and back endpapers) on wove paper
Classification
Volume
Dimensions
book: 21.7 × 14.5 × 1.3 cm (8 9/16 × 5 11/16 × 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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