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  • Work on this object ended.

1904

  • Work on this object began.

1959

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Card, Autographed card

This is a Card. It is dated 1904 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is pen and ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Milton I. D. Einstein. It is credited Gift of Milton Einstein.

Its dimensions are

9.1 × 11.2 cm (3 9/16 × 4 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink: M. 24 3 04 / Geehrterter Herr / Vielleicht erlaubt es / Ihre Zeit nich heute / zu besuchen, am / beste wäre nack / 5 uhr / Hochachtun gsvoll / G. Max [“Maybe your time will permit you to visit me today, it would be best after 5 o’clock”]

Cite this object as

Card, Autographed card; Germany; pen and ink on paper; 9.1 × 11.2 cm (3 9/16 × 4 7/16 in.); Gift of Milton Einstein; 1959-49-213-2

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