In his series of paintings, he depicted a man and a woman alternating in professing their love for one another, using interplay to extol their longing and fulfillment, separation and reunion.

Tschirch selected 19 of his works on this topic and numbered them by the order in which he intended them to be arranged in expositions and when on display.

[1] Since 1913, Egon Tschirch had been working on the topic of the Song of Solomon, with interruptions due to the ongoing World War I.

[1][7] Following this man's death in 1928,[8] the paintings were transferred to his heirs,[1][7] then left in a basement in Berlin, not far from the Kurfürstendamm, and forgotten.

[1] In 2017, for the first time in 93 years, all paintings in this cycle were placed on permanent public display in the Ahrenshoop Art Museum.