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    Artist

  • Byk, Suse, photographer

    • Title

  • Portrait of Albert Einstein : with a signed dedication to the mathematician and poet, Melanie Serbu

  • Physical Description

    1 photograph : black-and-white reproduction ; 15 x 11 cm

  • Date

    early 1920s

  • Summary

    Studio portrait photograph of Albert Einstein with a note, typed and attached by Melania Serbu.

  • Depicted

    Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

  • Subject

    Portraits, Men

  • Genre

    Photographs

  • Part Of

    Albert Einstein Collection, AR 136

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Albert Einstein sent his photograph portrait to Melanie (Melania) Serbu in 1936. He wrote onto the photograph: “Für Frl. Serbu” (“for Miss Serbu”) and signed it “A. Einstein”. - In a note, Einstein wrote: “Es ist ein Bild aus der Zeit meiner Vollkraft, während ich jetzt ein weisshaariger Alter bin.” (“This is a picture from my prime, but now I am a white-haired old man.”

Suse Byk was one of the leading photographers for portraits in Berlin in the 1920s.

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Citation

Portrait of Albert Einstein : with a signed dedication to the mathematician and poet, Melanie Serbu, Leo Baeck Institute, F 3136F.