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Henri MANUEL

[Albert EINSTEIN]

Portrait photographique d'Albert Einstein

Paris 30 mars 1922, 16,1x20,6cm, une photographie et une carte de visite.

Photographic portrait of Albert Einstein

Photographic portrait of Albert Einstein taken by Henri Manuel, contemporary silver print. Handwritten mention in pencil and stamp of the photographic studio on the verso. Another stamp, partly legible (likely « service des illustrations ») indicated 100 rue de Richelieu, headquarters of the newspaper Le Journal.
A small minor tear in the upper margin.
The photographer's business card is attached.
This rare portrait was taken by Henri Manuel during a visit by Albert Einstein who went to Paris between 28 March and 10 April 1922 at the invitation of Paul Langevin and in order to give a series of conferences there. Other images of the physicists were taken during this highly publicized trip, but our photograph has remained unpublished.
 
The presence of Henri Manuel's business card, the stamp of the illustration department of Le Journal, and the number inserted in the left-hand margin of the photograph suggest that it could be a photograph submitted by the photographer but not retained by the editorial staff. We also know that the Agence universelle de reportage Henri Manuel then offered numerous reports on Parisian events, and in particular a collection of portraits of contemporaries, and collaborated very frequently with Le Journal.
 
Some months later, in November 1922, Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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