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YOUSUF KARSH (1908-2002) Albert Einstein. 1948. Silver print, the image measuring 12⅝x10⅜ inches (32.1x26.4 cm.), with Karsh's Ottawa copyright stamp, a Camera Press, London copyright stamp, and a typed caption label on verso.
Provenance The Collection of Neil Robert Berzak
The label reads as follows: "A new theory by Professor Albert Einstein, an extension of his 1929 unified field theory, was announced at Princeton University at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The new theory is the "generalized theory of gravitation" and is the result of 33 years' work. It includes electro-magnetism in the cosmic unity of space, time, matter, energy, and gravitation. Professor Albert Einstein recently celebrated his 70th birthday. Portrait study by Karsh of Ottawa."
