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[EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955]; AND ELSA EINSTEIN. 1. TYCKO, AARON, photographer. 2 gelatin silver print portraits of Albert Einstein, 8 x 10 inches, signed ("Tycko / LA") at lower right corner.
4 December 2019, 13:00 EST
New YorkUS$4,000 - US$6,000
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[EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955]; AND ELSA EINSTEIN.
1. TYCKO, AARON, photographer. 2 gelatin silver print portraits of Albert Einstein, 8 x 10 inches, signed ("Tycko / LA") at lower right corner. 2. ___. 2 gelatin silver print portraits of Albert Einstein by Tycko, 8 x 10 inches, unsigned.
3. ___. 3 gelatin silver portraits of Elsa Einstein, 8 x 10 inches, 2 of which are housed in Ambassador Hotel folder, all signed by the photographer at the lower left and lower right, both copies in folders inscribed by Elsa Einstein to Mr. and Mrs. Tycko, 1932 and 1933.
WITH: 2 Autograph Letters Signed and 5 Typed Letters Signed ("Elsa Einstein" and "Elsa"), 7 pp, 4to and 8vo, Pasadena and Princeton, NJ, January 27, 1932 to May 15, 1934, to Aaron Tycko, the majority regarding the arrangement of portrait sessions and the ordering of prints, most with original transmittal envelopes, many autograph. With ticket stub and program to 1934 Einstein tribute concert at Carnegie Hall.
An intriguing archive of material relating to the popular portrait of Albert Einstein taken during his sojourn in Southern California during the winters of 1931-33. In the first letter in this archive, Elsa Einstein writes to portrait photographer Aaron Tycko, then in residence at the Ambassador Hotel downtown, agreeing to have Einstein sit for a portrait, preferably at their house in Pasadena, as otherwise it will be some time before they are near the hotel. Tycko must have come to Pasadena, because within weeks Elsa wrote him a short note complementing him on the quality of the portrait. The Tycko portrait became the Einstein's preferred image, and they reordered copies of it often. The two families also became friends, and the Tyckos were invited to a 1934 concert at Carnegie Hall celebrating the physicist.
3. ___. 3 gelatin silver portraits of Elsa Einstein, 8 x 10 inches, 2 of which are housed in Ambassador Hotel folder, all signed by the photographer at the lower left and lower right, both copies in folders inscribed by Elsa Einstein to Mr. and Mrs. Tycko, 1932 and 1933.
WITH: 2 Autograph Letters Signed and 5 Typed Letters Signed ("Elsa Einstein" and "Elsa"), 7 pp, 4to and 8vo, Pasadena and Princeton, NJ, January 27, 1932 to May 15, 1934, to Aaron Tycko, the majority regarding the arrangement of portrait sessions and the ordering of prints, most with original transmittal envelopes, many autograph. With ticket stub and program to 1934 Einstein tribute concert at Carnegie Hall.
An intriguing archive of material relating to the popular portrait of Albert Einstein taken during his sojourn in Southern California during the winters of 1931-33. In the first letter in this archive, Elsa Einstein writes to portrait photographer Aaron Tycko, then in residence at the Ambassador Hotel downtown, agreeing to have Einstein sit for a portrait, preferably at their house in Pasadena, as otherwise it will be some time before they are near the hotel. Tycko must have come to Pasadena, because within weeks Elsa wrote him a short note complementing him on the quality of the portrait. The Tycko portrait became the Einstein's preferred image, and they reordered copies of it often. The two families also became friends, and the Tyckos were invited to a 1934 concert at Carnegie Hall celebrating the physicist.

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