1350
by Manuscript; Brennan, Wlliam J, Jr; Niebuhr, R.
1350. Greetings to Alfred Eisenstaedt from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brennan and Reinhold Niebuhr [Manuscript]. Brennan, William J, Jr. [1906-1997]. Niebuhr, Reinhold [1892-1971]. [Eisenstaedt, Alfred (1898-1995)]. [Leaf from an Autograph Book that Belonged to Alfred Eisenstaedt, Dated October 10 and May 14, 1956]. 5" x 6-1/4" removed leaf, untrimmed edges, stab holes to left margin, Brennan inscription to one side, Niebuhr inscription to the other. Light toning, otherwise fine $300. * One of the great photographers and photojournalists of the twentieth century, Eisenstadt was one of Life magazine's staff photographers from 1936 to 1972, where he published such iconic images as "V-J Day in Times Square." William J. Brennan, then about five years into his tenure as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Niebuhr, then at the height of his fame as a theologian and public intellectual, were among the hundreds of notables he photographed for the magazine. The inscriptions (Niebuhr's from May 14 and Brennan's from October 10) are warm and admiring; both refer to Eisenstaedt as a "great artist.
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