Illustrations by Arthur Paunzen for Spuk: 4 Phantastische Geschichten by Herbert Barber (1920):
From the collection of Richard Sica
I can’t find much information on Austrian artist Arthur Paunzen (1890 – 1940), but at least there’s a wikipedia entry.
Previous posts from Richard Sica’s collection:
Les Fleurs du Skull
Whettering the Scythe
Suffocating in the Villa des Charmes
A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles
L’Abbé de l’Abbaye
Alexeieff’s Queen of Spades
Alexeieff’s Fall
Ex Libris Mr. Reaper
La Danse Macabre
The Sphinx
Ex Bibliotheca Macabrum