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Hymne (Hymn) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

National Gallery of Art

The image shows an aerial view of a landscape illustration on a cream-colored page with black ink. The illustration features trees, figures, and rolling hills depicted in a bold, graphic style resembling woodcut or linocut techniques. Text is situated above the illustration, and the page number "66" is displayed below it.

Artwork Details

Date
1912/1922
Medium
woodcut from a bound volume with 51 woodcuts (including cover and front and back endpapers) on wove paper
Dimensions
14204 × 10652 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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