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Umbra Vitae [author: Georg Heym] by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner — VisualArtsDB

Umbra Vitae [author: Georg Heym]

Umbra Vitae [author: Georg Heym]

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

1924

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: cover: 23.7 x 16.5 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Genre: Book
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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