Physicist who directed the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and who spearheaded the Manhattan Project, which led to the successful development of the first atomic bomb. As a result of his outspoken political views in the wake of World War II, he was placed under FBI surveillance and his security clearance was stripped. Penetrating, scarce vintage matte-finish 5 x 7 photo of Oppenheimer in a characteristic pose as he smokes a pipe, signed and inscribed in ballpoint in the blank lower margin, “To Victor Capron with good wishes, Robert Oppenheimer.” In fine condition, with a few tiny surface marks to background. Oppenheimer is quite elusive in signed photos. RRAuction COA.
