This is a photograph of a page from a book. The page features a German poem titled "Allerseelen," which translates to "All Souls' Day," and is printed in a serif typeface. The poem's text describes themes typically associated with evening and somber reflection. Below the poem, there is an illustration done in a woodcut style depicting a scene with crosses and a central structure, possibly representing a cemetery or memorial site surrounded by trees. The page number "46" is printed at the bottom of the page.
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Allerseelen (All Soul's Day) (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
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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