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Lot 48

EINSTEIN (ALBERT)
Portrait photograph by Yousuf Karsh, SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPER ("Y. Karsh") on the mount, 1948 [but printed later]

20 November 2024, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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EINSTEIN (ALBERT)

Portrait photograph by Yousuf Karsh, SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPER ("Y. Karsh") on the mount, gelatin silver print, mounted on card, studio stamp on verso of mount, photograph 445 x 394mm., framed and glazed, 1948 [but printed later]

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Provenance: Staley-Wise Gallery, New York; A. Jerrold Perenchio (label on verso of frame); Christie's, 1-17 September 2020, lot 296.

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