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[Albert Einstein (1879-1955)].

Five photographs, comprising: three informal portraits (one a duplicate) depicting Einstein with his elder son, Hans Albert, and his grandson Bernhard on the steps of his house in Caputh, undated [1932]; an earlier portrait photograph of Einstein reading a paper, undated [c.1920]; and a photograph of Maja Einstein with a family group, undated [1930s].

Various sizes, 64 x 64mm - 175 x 124mm.



Provenance
Maja Winteler-Einstein (1881-1951) – her husband Paul Winteler (1882-1952) – Besso family.
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Please note that the three informal portraits depict Einstein with his son Hans Albert and his eldest grandson, Bernhard Caesar, in Caputh, 1932.
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Three generations of Einsteins.

The photographs with Hans Albert show grandfather, son and grandson during what was to be their last summer in Einstein's beloved country retreat in Caputh, outside Berlin. Bernhard Einstein (1930-2008) was the only one of Einstein's three known biological grandchildren to survive childhood: like his grandfather, he studied physics at the Zurich Polytechnic, and he pursued a career in the applied sciences in the USA and Switzerland.
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