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A black-and-white photograph of a seated older White man with wild white hair and mustache above handwritten notes.

Professor Albert Einstein

Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990)

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1950, postmarked 1981

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    Image: 4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.
    Sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 1/2 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Sheet, Recto:

    l.l. in black ink: Prof. A. Einstein

    l.r. signed in black ink: Lotte Jacobi

    Verso [verticle]:

    u.c. in ink: May 26, 81.

    u.l. to l.c. in ink: Dear Carlotta, \ Thank you for \ your letter and the clipping \ about your T.V. - Forgive \ me for not answering \ before this; but I had a not so good winter and \ then went on April 1. to \ Europe, mostly Germany, \ where I had a show \ at the museum of the \ City of Munich. - \ Since a few years

    c. printed: C LOTTE JACOBI - DEERING, N.H.

    c.l. to u.r. in ink [letter cont.]: I don't have my darkroom \ in working condition. \ But I did find two people \ who do my work as I like \ it. That also gives me \ more time for taking photographs and other \ things I like better than \ work in the darkroom. \ I hope you feel better now \ that spring is here! Love Lotte

  • Collection Name

    Carlotta Corpron Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Bequest of the artist

  • Accession Number

    P1988.20.20

  • Copyright

    © Lotte Jacobi Collection, University of New Hampshire

Additional details

Location: Off view
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