ETCHING OF ALBERT EINSTEIN BY HERMANN STRUCK; SIGNED BY BOTH STRUCK AND EINSTEIN. Limited edition etching by Hermann Struck (German, 1876 - 1944) numbered 84 of an edition of 100. Pencil signed by Hermann Struck on the left and Albert Einstein on the right. Verso pencil notation: "Nr. 423: Professor Einstein, II." Unframed.
ARTIST PROFILE: Struck studied at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. In 1904, he joined the modern art movement known as the Berlin Secession. In 1900, Struck met Jozef Israels, a Dutch artist, who became his mentor. Both were recognized as leading artists of their time. In 1908, Struck published "Die Kunst des Radierens" ("The Art of Etching"), which became a seminal work on the subject as it was a textbook that offered both theory and practical instruction. Struck's students included Marc Chagall, Lovis Corinth, Jacob Steinhardt, Lesser Ury and Max Liebermann. Struck's home in Haifa (Israel) has been open as the Hermann Struck Museum since 2013. Besides the Hermann Struck Museum, Struck's work is held in the collections Including the Brooklyn Museum, the Jewish Museum (Manhattan), the Haifa Museum of Art, the Leo Baeck Institute, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. - Plate: 8.75 x 6.75 inches; Leaf: 11 x 9 inches. Estimate $3,000-4,000
