Colour linocut of 5 plates in black, light orange, dark orange, green and grey on Japanese laid paper with deckle edges. 26.3 x 26.3 cm (block); 32.2 x 36 cm (sheet). C. 1904. Exceptionally rare hand print by the artist. Reference: Minichbauer 2011, p. 31; Moritzburg 2018, cat. no. 86
The Viennese Hugo Henneberg (1863-1918) is primarily known as a photographer and is today considered one of the most important representatives of photographic pictorialism. After studying physics in Jena, Henneberg made the acquaintance of Alfred Stieglitz on a trip to the USA, with whom he corresponded for years. At the turn of the century, however, Henneberg also became intensively involved with the art-theoretical endeavours and exhibitions of the Munich and Vienna Secession and, from 1904, turned his attention entirely to fine art (painting and printmaking). His coloured woodcuts and linocuts, some of which he apparently also made on behalf of and in the name of the well-known Viennese Secessionist Carl Moll, are as virtuoso as they are largely unknown today due to their great rarity. The first major presentation of Hugo Henneberg's oeuvre was only published in 2018 on the occasion of the exhibition "Gustav Klimt & Hugo Henneberg. Zwei Künstler der Wiener Secession" at Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle/Saale (catalogue).
