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Printed with bold, black, angular lines and slashes on white paper, five stylized women stand in a loose row across the width of this vertical woodcut. All five wear long, dark coats or dresses. The leftmost woman wears a turban-like hat, and the others have hats topped with long plumes. Their bodies are narrow and taper to their feet, and all the women appear to stand with hands in pockets except the frontmost, who braces one hand on her hip. Their features are roughly carved with almond shapes or slits for eyes, thickly outlined lips, heavy eyebrows, and some horizontal shading on the…
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Five Women on the Street

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

1914

Medium
woodcut on heavy wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
plate: 48.5 x 37 cm (19 1/8 x 14 9/16 in.) ; sheet: 52 x 39 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.)
Culture
German
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection
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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