Original sepia-toned photograph by Leopold Hugo (1866 - 1933). On textured silver gelatin photographic paper. Signed lower right in pencil "Leopold Hugo". Mounted and with original matte and backing in place. No frame. Label on the backing from the Saake Gallery, an early gallery in Oakland, California.

A fine soft focus California coastal scene in the Arts and Crafts style.

Photograph (sight) - 10" x 13" (25.5 cm x 33 cm)

Matte - 15 1/2" x 18 1/4" (39.5 cm x 46.5 cm)

PROVENANCE: San Cruz, California collection.

CONDITION - Good condition. Light silvering to the trees (looks nice). Photograph mounted on paper board. Matte affixed to backing. Matte slightly yellowed.

NOTES / REFERENCES - German-born Leopold Hugo (1866 - 1933) settled with his wife in La Jolla, California, in 1907. They opened a grocery store, but by 1911 Hugo had hung out his shingle as a photographer of landscapes and nature studies. He worked in the soft-focus Pictorialist style, using waxed-paper negatives to enhance the atmospheric effects in his prints. Six years later the Hugos relocated north to Santa Cruz, where Hugo opened a studio and became known locally for his photographs of cypress and eucalyptus trees along the Monterey coast. In 1929 he returned to La Jolla and re-established his studio there.

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