Albert Einstein (1879-1955) and Boris Georgiev (1888-1962).

Portrait lithograph by Boris Georgiev signed and dated by Einstein (‘A. Einstein 1929’; in pencil) and by the artist (‘Boris Georgiev Berlin V 1929’; in pencil), Berlin, May 1929.

590 x 468 mm. Colour lithograph. Mat opening. Provenance: Christie’s New York, 23 June 2011, lot 131 [sold as a ‘sepia crayon portrait’].

A very large signed portrait of Albert Einstein by Boris Georgiev. The Bulgarian painter Boris Georgiev (1888-1962) met Einstein in Berlin in 1928 and executed his portrait; Einstein was so impressed by Georgiev’s work that he helped organise his first solo exhibition at the Schulte Art Gallery.

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