Titelvignette (Title vignette) from Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)
This is a photograph of a book cover titled "UMBRA VITAE" by Georg Heym, with woodcut illustrations by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The cover features bold, black capital letters on a beige background. Below the title, there is a small woodcut illustration of abstract figures against a mountainous backdrop. The publisher and date, "KURT WOLFF VERLAG MÜNCHEN 1924," are listed at the bottom.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 1924
- Medium
- woodcut from a bound volume with 50 woodcuts (including cover and front and back endpapers) on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 14143 × 10606 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
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