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Interpretation
In 1933, Albert Einstein renounced his German citizenship and briefly took refuge in England, where Sir Jacob Epstein created this bust of the famous scientist and humanitarian. Epstein captured the humanity of the sitter, who reminded the artist of an "aging Rembrandt." Shortly after sitting for the bust, Einstein moved to Princeton, where he worked until his death in 1955.
Information
- Title
- Professor Albert Einstein
- Object Number
- y1970-115
- Maker
- Sir Jacob Epstein
- Medium
- Cast bronze
- Dates
- 1933
- Dimensions
- 42.2 x 27.3 x 23.2 cm (16 5/8 x 10 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
- Credit Line
- The John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection, Princeton University
- Culture
- British
- Signatures
- Signed, indistinctly, on back: Epstein
- Materials
- Techniques
- Modern British drawings, paintings and sculpture, (London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1970)., no. 231
- Patrick Joseph Kelleher, Living with Modern Sculpture: the John B. Putnam, Jr., Memorial Collection, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 1982)., cat. no. 3; p. 44-47
- Jane McCarthy and Laurily K. Epstein, A guide to the sculpture parks and gardens of America, (New York, NY: Michael Kesend Pub., 1996).
- Karin Dienst, ed., Sculpture of Princeton University: including works from the John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection, (Princeton, NJ: Published by the Office of Communications, in association with the Princeton University Art Museum, 2004)., p. 36–37 (illus.)
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