Albert Einstein, Princeton

Artist Lotte Jacobi (American, born Poland, 1896 - 1990)

Date1938; printed ca. 1970s

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall: 13 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (33.34 x 24.77 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.1493

InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Front of Print

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DescriptionPortrait of a man (Albert Einstein) wearing a leather jacket. He sits with a pen in his right hand and papers on his lap. A bookshelf full of books is in background.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Selections from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Highland Community College, Highland, KS, October 19 - November 11, 1993, no cat.

In the Public Eye: Photography and Fame. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 8 - June 15, 2008, no cat.

Gallery Label

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was the most celebrated theoretical physicist of the modern age. His theory of relativity, first published in 1905, marked a revolution in scientific thought. After the rise of the Nazis drove him from Germany in 1932, he eventually settled at Princeton University.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1987;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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