Albert Hennig

Albert Hennig "Fabric, feather, net, glasses, river pebbles". 1933. Albert Hennig1907 Leipzig - 1998 Zwickau. Silver gelatin print on baryta paper. Later, enlarged print from the original negative, about 1987. Mounted on backing paper, signed "AHennig" in lead on the lower left. Verso u.l. with the artist's or estate's stamp. Illustrated in: Hesse, Wolfgang: Das Auge des Arbeiters. Arbeiterfotografie und Kunst um 1930, Leipzig 2014, p. 284. cat.no. M43, with deviating dimensions. O. Corners with minimal abrasion, u.r. with inconspicuous crease. Underlay paper o.r. and o.l. with glue remnants of an earlier mounting. Dimensions: print 36 x 28 cm, under. 59.6 x 44.7 cm. Albert Hennig 1907 Leipzig - 1998 Zwickau After occupation with photography in the 1920s then 1932-33 training 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.