Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig--Heym, Georg.

8vo (232 x 157mm.), copy number 172 of a limited edition of 510 copies, 47 woodcuts by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, frontispiece woodcut printed in red and black, original pictorial cloth, decorative printed endpapers, extremities very slightly rubbed, spine very slightly faded

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An important work in the history of German expressionist book illustration. Kirchner was a founder member of the group Die Brücke, which developed German Expressionism by attempting to link older artists such as Dürer and Cranach with the present; as a result, not surprisingly, woodcuts became one of the primary media for Expressionist artists.