Briggel: The Brothers (Der Briggel: Die Brüder) (headpiece, page 9) from Neben der Heerstrasse (Off the Main Road)

Using the woodcut technique, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner created twenty-two illustrations, the title page, and the cover for this collection of six novellas by Swiss author Jakob Bosshart.

Kirchner met Bosshart in Davos-Frauenkirch, Switzerland, the Alpin...