Berlin, 24 August 1916

Name: Einstein ‘hibernates’
Brand: Berlin, 24 August 1916
Price: 3800.00 USD
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Einstein ‘hibernates’

Berlin, 24 August 1916

Price Realised USD 4,750

Closed: 6 Dec 2017

Price Realised USD 4,750

Closed: 6 Dec 2017

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Albert Einstein (1879-1955). Autograph correspondence card signed (‘A. Einstein’) to Heinrich Zangger, [postmarked Berlin, 24 August 1916].

One page, 140 x 89mm. Address panel annotated with Einstein’s return address (‘Abs[ender] A. Einstein’).

Please note this lot is the property of a private consignor.

Apparently unpublished

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Lot Essay

Besso, who is in Berne, has told Einstein that Mileva’s condition is improving: ‘But this is a weak consolation in relation to your diagnosis’ (Zangger had expressed the opinion that Mileva was suffering from cerebral tuberculosis). He is happy in any case that she is being well looked after. ‘Apart from this worry, I am living peacefully and contentedly in my quiet hermit’s cell, to which no newspaper gets through’: he compares himself to someone hibernating, removed from human feelings.