Die Blinden Frauen (The Blind Women) (headpiece, page 38) from Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: The Shadow of Life)
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig · German
1924
- Medium
- woodcut from a bound volume with 50 woodcuts (including cover and front and back endpapers) on wove paper
- Classification
- Volume
- Period
- 1901 to 1925
- Image size
- 14202 × 10650px
Description
This is a drawing of a group of people in motion. The image shows stylized line drawings of figures in a woodcut style, emphasizing outlines and forms without detailed facial features. Below the drawing, there is German text with the title "Die Blinden Frauen" followed by poetry. The page number 38 is present, suggesting this is a page from a book.
Rights & Source
Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).