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Title Page, from Umbra Vitae, Illustrated Poems by Georg Heym


Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Title Page, from Umbra Vitae, Illustrated Poems by Georg Heym, 1919-1923; 1924 (published), color woodcut on paper, The Carol and Seymour Haber Collection, © unknown, research required, 2006.42.13

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Title

Title Page, from Umbra Vitae, Illustrated Poems by Georg Heym

Related Titles

book title (translated): Shadow of Life

Artist

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1938)

Date

1919-1923; 1924 (published)

Medium

color woodcut on paper

Edition

edition of 510

Catalogue Raisonné

Dube 762 II-A

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 5 13/16 in x 3 5/8 in; sheet: 9 in x 6 1/4 in

Inscriptions & Markings

watermark: half circle enclosing 1567 (/)

stamp: circle enclosing she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, stamped in black ink, verso, u.r.

inscription: 25-C 37-544, graphite, below the image, l.c.

inscription: Georg Heym Umbra Vitae/Kurt Wolff Verlag Munchen, inscribed in the block, within the image, u.c. to l.c.

Collection Area

Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

German

Credit Line

The Carol and Seymour Haber Collection

Accession Number

2006.42.13

Copyright

© unknown, research required

Terms

color woodcuts

paper

relief printing

relief prints

The Carol and Seymour Haber Collection

title pages

woodcut

woodcuts

Description

Color woodcut, from Umbra Vitae, illustrated poems by Georg Heym, Kurt Wolf Verlag, Munich, 1924; total edition of 510.

History
Exhibitions

2009 Word and Image/Word as Image Portland Art Museum

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