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The image depicts an abstract illustration with bold black lines and geometric shapes resembling a window frame. The left portion features lines contouring the face of a human figure looking outward, with simplified and stylized features. On the right, shapes evoke trees and rooftops, suggesting a village or buildings viewed through the frosted pane. Each section shares a dynamic quality, akin to woodcut prints, capturing a wintry landscape and the view of a cold environment from indoors.
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Der Winter (The Winter) (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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