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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Woodcut of a standing figure beside a tree and building under a night sky, printed on a book page with a German poem.

Meine Seele (My Soul) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Book page with poem Die Nebelstädte and a black-and-white woodcut of angular city buildings and railway tracks.

Die Nebelstädte (The Misty Cities) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Book page with German poem Die Vögel and a black woodcut vignette of stylized birds, page 58.

Die Vögel (The Birds) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Book page with German poem and an expressionist woodcut of a dancing figure and a face framed by radiating lines.

Die Tänzerin in der Gemme (The Dancer in the Cameo) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg He…

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Book page with German poem Hora Mortis and black woodcut of hooded mourners among crosses in a graveyard.

Hora Mortis (Hour of Death) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Book page with German poem Judas above an angular black-and-white woodcut showing a large eye, crosses and a small figure.

Judas (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Woodcut of a reclining figure in a garden with trees and a domed city, beside the German poem Der Garten on page 62.

Der Garten (The Garden) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Black and white woodcut of a seated bearded man beside a cross figure in angular mountains, on a printed poem page.

Pilatus (Pilate) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Book page with German poem Die Messe and a black woodcut of a hooded figure and winged angel below the text.

Die Messe (The Mass) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Book page with German poem Hymne above a woodcut of a winding river, hills, trees and small figures.

Hymne (Hymn) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Book page with German text and a woodcut of a striding man under a rainbow, with houses, a boat, and foliage.

Nachtwort (Night Word) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Woodcut of a reclining nude on a couch by a curtained window, below a German table of contents on a book page.

Liegender Rückenakt (Reclining Nude) (tailpiece, table of contents) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg He…

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Title page of Umbra Vitae with a black and white woodcut of two figures under arching mountain-like forms.

Titelvignette (title vignette) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Engraved book page: skeletons dance among figures in a tavern interior, with an anatomical skull legend printed above.

Nouveau recueil d'osteologie et de myologie (A New Collection of Osteology and Myology)

Jacques Gamelin, 1779

Etching of a violent crowd in a city square beneath two oval portraits, with a text panel below, 1672.

Afbeelding en waarachtigh Verhaal... (Representation of the True Story of Johan de Witt...)

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1672

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded Hercules leaning on a club, with flowing drapery and a lion skin.

Hercules Leaning on His Club [recto]

Parri Spinelli, 1440

Engraving of a family gathered before a candlelit Christmas tree with children, a woman pointing, and a man in a long coat.

Das Weihnachtsfest

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1797

Portrait study of Pierre Louis Alexandre

Carl Frederick von Saltza, c.1890

Etching of a penitent woman with long hair resting her head in a cave beside a book and a skull.

Penitent Magdalene

after Guercino Teresa del Po, 1675

Pencil portrait of a woman with bowed head, headwrap, chain necklace and clasped hands, dated 1704.

Half-length portrait of a Young Black Man

Anna Waser, 1704

Black-and-white woodcut portrait of a man's face with a mountain village of wooden houses behind him.

Head of van de Velde, Bright (Kopf van de Velde, Hell)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1917

Paul Klee's 1923 print showing a stylized face and figure inside a large circle against a grainy dark background.

Der Verliebte (The Loved One)

Paul Klee, 1923

Line drawing of a winged genius figure carrying a small breakfast tray between two tall arching forms.

A Genius Serves a Small Breakfast (Ein Genius serviert ein kleines Frühstück)

Paul Klee, 1920

Dense abstract etching by Paul Klee with stylized figures, star shapes and textured dark marks on cream paper.

Small World (Kleinwelt)

Paul Klee, 1914

Abstract etching by Paul Klee with black linear forms and colored washes of stars, circles and triangles on cream paper.

Hope and Destruction (Zerstörung und Hoffnung)

Paul Klee, 1916

Charcoal drawing of a gaunt woman, a sad child, and a hooded figure with outstretched hand against a dark background.

Beggars

Käthe Kollwitz, 1924

Lithograph of three figures in dark tones: an elderly person, a woman with outstretched hands, and a sorrowful child.

Bettelnde (Begging)

Käthe Kollwitz, 1924

Lithograph of a stooping woman in a long skirt reaching toward two children who look up at her, with the word Brot written be

Bread (Brot)

Käthe Kollwitz, 1924

Black and white lithograph of hungry children with upturned faces reaching toward empty bowls and spoons beside an adult figu

Germany's Children are Hungry! (Deutschlands Kinder Hungern!)

Käthe Kollwitz, 1924

Red chalk portrait of a mustached man in a jacket and tie, titled Dr. Louis Vintras, by Alphonse Legros, 1904.

Dr. Louis Vintras

Alphonse Legros, 1904