The image shows a page from a book titled "DIE STADT" with German text about night and the city. There is a black-and-white illustration below the text depicting a densely packed urban landscape. The buildings are stacked closely together with small windows, creating a crowded feeling. The cityscape is drawn in a woodcut style with bold, short strokes giving a dramatic contrast. The buildings in the foreground are bold and detailed, while those in the distance are less defined, creating a zigzagged horizon line indicating an elevated viewpoint. The image is mostly black and white,…
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Die Stadt (The City) (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
Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed

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