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The image shows bold, angular lines and sharp shapes creating an abstract composition on the lower portion of the page. Abstract representations of faces and figures emerge from a cityscape, with buildings rising in jagged, irregular forms. The central figure has an elongated neck and stylized facial features reminiscent of traditional tribal masks or modernist sculptures. The scene blends these forms into a cohesive, abstract expression within the context of an accompanying German text.
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Die Höfe Luden Uns Ein... (The Yards Invited Us...) (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
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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