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This is a photograph of a page from a book. The page features a German poem titled "Allerseelen," which translates to "All Souls' Day," and is printed in a serif typeface. The poem's text describes themes typically associated with evening and somber reflection. Below the poem, there is an illustration done in a woodcut style depicting a scene with crosses and a central structure, possibly representing a cemetery or memorial site surrounded by trees. The page number "46" is printed at the bottom of the page.
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This is a photograph of a page from a book. The page features a German poem titled "Allerseelen," which translates to "All Souls' Day," and is printed in a serif typeface. The poem's text describes themes typically associated with evening and somber reflection. Below the poem, there is an illustration done in a woodcut style depicting a scene with crosses and a central structure, possibly representing a cemetery or memorial site surrounded by trees. The page number "46" is printed at the bottom of the page.

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Allerseelen (All Soul's Day) (in-text 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
2012.92.40.35
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 228120. 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.