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Woodcut headpiece in red and blue showing a town with a tower, beside a black woodcut of a nude man and German text.

Headpiece from Kirchner Zeichnungen (Kirchner Drawings)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1925

Open notebook with handwritten German printing notes and a pasted printed label reading Echos de l'Hotel Drouot.

Bucheinband (cover) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Pink sheet with blue woodcut-style faces on the left, two hunched figures on the right, and handwritten German notes.

Vorsatz (front endpapers) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Purple and black woodcut title page for Georg Heym's Umbra Vitae showing a shadowy figure with clawed hands, beside a handwri

Titelblatt (title page) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Printed book page with German poem and a black and white woodcut of angular figures in a crowded city scene.

Umbra Vitae (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 above a black woodcut of a crowd and flames, with figures fleeing a burning city.

Der Krieg (The War) (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 above a black woodcut of gaunt, angular figures with staring faces and a gesturing central figure.

Die Morgue (The Morgue) (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 Seefahrer above a black-and-white woodcut of figures and a ship.

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

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Woodcut plate of angular figures among trees under a radiating sun, beside a German poem titled Der Garten der Irren.

Der Garten der Irren (The Garden of the Mad) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Sha…

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Printed book page with German poem and a black woodcut of jagged mountains, a village, and swirling clouds.

Alle Landschaften Haben I (All Landscapes Have I) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym…

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Woodcut book page with German poem text and carved figures, a reclining nude, mountains and a wooden house.

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

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Woodcut plate of a domed building and minaret beside palm trees and a reflected moon, printed on a page of German poetry.

Mond (Moon) (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 above a black woodcut of angular rooftops and a tall cloaked figure.

Spitzköpfig kommt er... (With a Pointed Head He Rises...) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Ge…

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Book page with German poem and a black-and-white woodcut of figures in a boat among turbulent waves and birds.

Mit den Fahrenden Schiffen (With Travelling Ships) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Hey…

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Page with German poem Die Meerstädte above a black-and-white woodcut of a city tower, a rider on horseback, and a broken brid

Die Meerstädte (The Sea 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 Schlösser and a black and white woodcut of a seated woman with guitar and a hooded figure.

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

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Page of German poem Die Städte with a black woodcut of a city street, bridge and two hooded women in long coats.

Die Städte (The 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 above a woodcut of a burning city, a tall figure in the foreground and falling people below.

Die Stadt der Qual (The City of Agony) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of…

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Woodcut of an angular crowd of figures with a central standing man, above German verse on a book page numbered 28.

Die Irren I (The Mad I) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Printed book page with German poem and a black-and-white expressionist woodcut of crowded, angular faces below the text.

Die Irren II (The Mad II) (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 'Variation' above a black woodcut ornamental band, page number 30 below.

Die Irren III (The Mad III) (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 above a black woodcut of crowded, angular distorted figures by Kirchner.

Die Irren IV (The Mad IV) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Printed page with German poem and a black-and-white woodcut of an angular city with towers and spires.

Verfluchung der Städte V (Curse Against the Cities V) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg…

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Book page with German poem Die Nacht above a black-and-white woodcut of stylized figures with raised arms among curved forms.

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

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Woodcut of a dense hillside city with spires under stormy clouds, printed on a book page below the poem Die Stadt.

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

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Woodcut page showing a reclining nude, crescent moon and city buildings beneath a German poem titled Halber Schlaf.

Halber Schlaf (Half Sleep) (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 carousel with animal riders and crowds, beside bricklayers on a scaffold, above German verse.

Fröhlichkeit (Joyfulness) (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 Kata and a black-and-white expressive woodcut of angular figures and zigzag lines.

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

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Book page with the poem Der Sterbende Faun and a black woodcut of a reclining faun among trees and a distant sea.

Der Sterbende Faun (The Dying Faun) (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 Blinden Frauen above a black woodcut of blind women led by attendants.

Die Blinden Frauen (The Blind Women) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of L…

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922