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This is a drawing of a combination of text and simple illustrative elements. The image features a block print-style depiction of a textual page with artistic elements. The text is written in German and arranged in a structured block format, with some sections set apart by decorative lines or motifs. Prominent text at the top reads "Alle Landschaften haben". Alongside the text are a few illustrative and abstract elements: on the left, a figure with stylized, angular features; at the center top, two figures lying side by side; and on the right, a depiction of a small structure, possibly a house, with a mountainous landscape in the background. Below, there are more abstract linear motifs and silhouettes of mountain peaks.
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This is a drawing of a combination of text and simple illustrative elements. The image features a block print-style depiction of a textual page with artistic elements. The text is written in German and arranged in a structured block format, with some sections set apart by decorative lines or motifs. Prominent text at the top reads "Alle Landschaften haben". Alongside the text are a few illustrative and abstract elements: on the left, a figure with stylized, angular features; at the center top, two figures lying side by side; and on the right, a depiction of a small structure, possibly a house, with a mountainous landscape in the background. Below, there are more abstract linear motifs and silhouettes of mountain peaks.

National Gallery of Art · Volume

Alle Landschaften Haben II (All Landscapes Have II) (plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Date
1912/1922
Medium
woodcut from a bound volume with 51 woodcuts (including cover and front and back endpapers) on wove paper
Dimensions
book: 21.7 × 14.5 × 1.3 cm (8 9/16 × 5 11/16 × 1/2 in.)
Classification
Volume · Print
Accession number
2012.92.40.11
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Volume
Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • woodcut
  • Shadow
  • Poetry
  • German Expressionist
Provenance

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner; Walter Kern [1898-1966], Winterthur (Lugt 1567a); Erna Kirchner, Kirchner's wife, acquired from Walter Kern, June 20, 1940. Hans Bolliger, Zurich (?); [1] (Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 21 June 1985, no. 104); (via Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf); Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, DC (Lugt 4739); gift to NGA, 2012. [1] Derived from correspondence between Ruth Kainen and Bob Rifkind, August 13, 1985, in which the former mentions the "Bollinger" collection in relation to the present object.

NGA object ID 228096. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.