Albert Hennig "An der Seine". 1932. Albert Hennig1907 Leipzig - 1998 Zwickau. Silver gelatin print on baryta paper. Unsigned. Later print from the original negative from 1978. Verso inscribed in black fibre pencil by another hand. Illustrated in: Hesse, Wolfgang: "Das Auge des Arbeiters. Arbeiterfotografie und Kunst um 1930". Leipzig 2014. p. 360, cat.no. 336 and p. 358, cat.no. 329 respectively. For the motif and context of the work, cf. the photographs "Seine Harbour" and "Bathing on the Seine in Paris" by Albert Hennig, which were taken in the same year during a bicycle trip to Paris. Edges slightly bumped. Dimensions: print 38 x 26 cm. Albert Hennig 1907 Leipzig - 1998 Zwickau After occupation with the photography in the 1920s afterwards 1932-33 education at the Bauhaus Dessau a. Berlin a. with Mies van der Rohe a. Wassily Kandinsky. 1934-45 conscripted as construction worker. 1948-51 secretary in the Kulturbund, then senior advisor at the council of the district Chemnitz, 1953-72 work as concrete builder. From 1973 freelance painter and graphic artist. 1996 Federal Cross of Merit.