The image is a woodcut illustration depicting five human figures. Four figures are visible from the waist up, and one is seated and shown entirely. The standing figures appear to be gathered around the seated one, slightly leaning towards them. Their facial features are exaggerated and angular, with prominent noses and simplified expressions, and their hair appears stylized with sharp lines and shapes. They are wearing long, flowing garments that resemble robes. The seated figure is bent forward slightly. In the background, there is a window with a distinct rectangular shape and what could…
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Die Tauben II (The Deaf II) (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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