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Umbra vitae (Shadow of Life) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner — VisualArtsDB

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Umbra vitae (Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

1924

Medium: Illustrated book with fifty woodcuts
Dimensions: page: 9 1/16 x 6 1/8" (23 x 15.6 cm); overall: 9 5/16 x 6 7/16 x 1/2" (23.6 x 16.4 x 1.2 cm)
Genre: Illustrated book
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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