Die Seefahrer (The Seafarer) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig · German
1912/1922
- Medium
- woodcut from a bound volume with 51 woodcuts (including cover and front and back endpapers) on wove paper
- Classification
- Volume
- Period
- 1901 to 1925
- Image size
- 14199 × 10648px
Description
This is a drawing of a page featuring a poem titled "DIE SEEFARHER" in German printed in a serif font. The text occupies most of the upper portion of the page. Below the text is a small black and white abstract drawing of geometric shapes. The drawing contains a complex and slightly chaotic arrangement of figures or forms. The page number "14" is centered below the image.
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).