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Read moreBerlin, 18 November 1929
Price Realised GBP 4,000
Estimate
GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,200
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, any applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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'My decrepit ego'
Berlin, 18 November 1929
Price Realised GBP 4,000
Price Realised GBP 4,000
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Lot Essay
'My decrepit ego': being fêted in Paris, enjoying his new country retreat, and going 'crazy with letters'.
Einstein has been in Paris to give lectures at the Sorbonne, and also to receive an honorary doctorate: 'It was wonderful in Paris, even if it was the greatest stress that my decrepit ego could still endure. The main thing was that over there there was much understanding in evidence for my new theory, about whose preliminary completion I am very happy'. Another source of happiness is the new lake-side house in Caputh, ruinous though the expense was – and also his sailing boat, 'a gift from high finance! You will indulge yourself if you (hopefully) come next year'.
Einstein writes on the day of Maja's birthday, 'although I am completely crazy with letters, telegrams, telephone, visits...'. He has harsh words for his first wife, Mileva, who had brought their son Eduard to visit Maja: 'Mileva is a great pig, but I had no other way of sending the dear young boy to you, and so in this case too the end had to justify the means'. He wonders though at her awkwardness. He saw their cousin Alice (née Koch) and her husband Ogden Steinhardt in Paris, and they send greetings.
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Einstein has been in Paris to give lectures at the Sorbonne, and also to receive an honorary doctorate: 'It was wonderful in Paris, even if it was the greatest stress that my decrepit ego could still endure. The main thing was that over there there was much understanding in evidence for my new theory, about whose preliminary completion I am very happy'. Another source of happiness is the new lake-side house in Caputh, ruinous though the expense was – and also his sailing boat, 'a gift from high finance! You will indulge yourself if you (hopefully) come next year'.
Einstein writes on the day of Maja's birthday, 'although I am completely crazy with letters, telegrams, telephone, visits...'. He has harsh words for his first wife, Mileva, who had brought their son Eduard to visit Maja: 'Mileva is a great pig, but I had no other way of sending the dear young boy to you, and so in this case too the end had to justify the means'. He wonders though at her awkwardness. He saw their cousin Alice (née Koch) and her husband Ogden Steinhardt in Paris, and they send greetings.
Post Lot Text
Temporary Admission Regime
This lot has been imported from outside the EU for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime.
Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Shipping Outside the UK
Please note that if this lot is to be shipped outside of the UK an export licence will be required. A period of 2 weeks should be allowed for the application to be processed.
Lot 47
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Berlin, 18 November 1929
'My decrepit ego'
Estimate: GBP 1,500 - 2,200
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