Bidspirit auction | Extremely Rare Original Press Photo

Extremely Rare Original Press Photo – Prof. Albert Einstein, Prof. Franz Oppenheimer, and Dr. M. Maldwin Fertig at a New York Zionist Club Dinner, 1935 - A rare and historically exceptional press photograph, outstanding in its archival quality and significance, documenting a remarkable gathering of three key figures in the worlds of science, economics, and Zionist activity in the United States and Europe during the 1930s. The photograph, taken in New York in 1935, records a formal dinner of the Zionist Club of N.Y. At the center of the image sits Nobel laureate Prof. Albert Einstein, smiling and wearing his familiar eyeglasses. Beside him sits Prof. Franz Oppenheimer, the distinguished German-Jewish sociologist and political economist, whose cooperative settlement plan served as direct inspiration for the establishment of the cooperative at Merhavia and for the kibbutz movement in the Land of Israel. To their left is Dr. M. Maldwin Fertig, a jurist, physician, and prominent Zionist public figure in New York. The verso of the photograph bears highly detailed period handwritten annotations in English identifying all those depicted, the location of the event, and the precise year (”1935”). 9×15 cm. In very good condition; the image is sharp and clear, with excellent black-and-white contrast, well-preserved, with light wear. The verso bears handwritten inscriptions in blue ink pen identifying the subjects, the location, and the date. ** This item is sold as an original physical photographic print from the period for nostalgic and historical collecting purposes only. The sale pertains to ownership of the physical paper object itself, and does not include the transfer, assignment, or licensing of any copyright or commercial reproduction rights, which remain with the lawful rights holders to the extent they exist. **