Striking woodcut print depicting Einstein made by Antonio Frasconi in 1952 for the Princeton Print Club, 10 x 14, signed in the lower border in pencil by the subject, “A. Einstein 52,” as well as the artist, “Frasconi 52.” Presented in its original mat and frame to an overall size of 16 x 20, with a label on the reverse describing the woodcut. In very good condition, with heavy overall foxing. Each year the Princeton Print Club commissioned a print of the campus that could be purchased by its members; in 1952 they chose a new subject, the university’s most eminent professor, Albert Einstein. Fleeing Nazi Germany, Einstein had taken a position at Princeton in 1933, and his affiliation with the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study continued until his death in 1955. A rare piece with an appealing connection to the physicist’s American home. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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