Superlative limited edition 7.25 x 9.5 etching of Albert Einstein in left-facing near profile by Hermann Struck, numbered 86/100, signed in the lower border in pencil by the subject, "Albert Einstein," and artist, "Hermann Struck." Matted to an overall size of 12 x 15.75. In fine condition, with some rippling to the mat.
The painter, lithographer, and etcher Hermann Struck (1876–1944) was born in Berlin. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin. In 1923, Struck, a devout Jew and passionate Zionist, emigrated to Palestine, becoming a member of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem and co-founding the Museum of Art in Tel Aviv. Best known for his etchings, he created portraits of several distinguished subjects including Einstein, Freud, Nietzsche, and Ibsen. Einstein and Struck maintained a friendly relationship that, as letters show, continued even after Struck migrated. Struck's nephew, Henry Pachter, reports on meeting Einstein as a child: in 1921 or 1922, he recalls being sent to the scientist with a stack of etchings that Struck had just completed, to have them signed by the genius physicist.
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