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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, artist
German, 1880 - 1938
Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Schlˆsser ," pg. 21, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924)., 1924
Woodcut on cream laid paper
Sheet: 232 x 158 mm (9 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.); Image: 72 x 78 mm (2 13/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Gift of the Reva and David Logan Foundation 1998.40.64.14

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publisher, Kurt Wolff~author, Georg Heym~printer, Spamerschen Buchdruckerel

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Artist Biography: Painter and printmaker. A leader of the group of Expressionist artists known as Die Br¸cke ("The Bridge"). His mature style was highly personal, notable for psychological tension and eroticism. ~~Reference: Dube, Annemarie and Wolfgang. E.L. Kirchner, das graphische Werk (M¸nchen: Prestel, [1967]), 2 vols.~