Outstanding vintage matte-finish 5.5 x 3.75 candid photo of Albert Einstein in profile, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Mr. Sulzmann, with a strong curse… Albert Einstein, 1933.” Affixed to a slightly larger mount and in fine condition, with a surface crease near his lapel.
In 1933, the National Socialists seized power in Germany. Einstein, as a Jew and outspoken intellectual, was directly threatened and left his homeland for good. The dedication, marked by an unusually harsh curse, reflects his outrage and despair over the political developments and his conscious break with Germany. A powerful portrait of the exiled genius.
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