Umbra vitae: nachgelassene Gedichte (In the Shadow of Life: Posthumous Poems)
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1938)
Publisher: Kurt Wolff Verlag, Munich, 1924
Printer: Spamerschen Buchdruckerei, Leipzig
Author: Georg Heym (German, 1887-1912)
Date: 1924
Dimensions:
Slipcase: H: 9 1/2 in. (241 mm); W: 6 5/8 in. (168 mm); Depth: 9/16 in. (15 mm).
Book: H: 9 1/4 in. (235 mm); W: 6 3/8 in. (162 mm); Depth: 1/2 in. (13 mm).
Page: H: 9 1/16 in. (230 mm); W: 6 1/8 in. (156 mm).
Medium: Original prints: 50 woodcuts, incl. 46 in sepia, 1 in black and red (frontispiece), 2 in pink and blue (endpapers), and 1 in black and green (covers). Text: letterpress in sepia/black (typeface: Fette Steinschrift). Paper: cream laid.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number: 1984.606
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