Bust of Albert Einstein
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| Bust of Albert Einstein | |
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_-_591.jpg) The bust in 2018 | |
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| Artist | Tosia Malamud |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Subject | Albert Einstein |
| Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 19°24′38.7″N 99°10′10.2″W / 19.410750°N 99.169500°W | |
The bronze bust of Albert Einstein is installed in Mexico City's Parque México, in Mexico. The head was sculpted by Tosia Malamud, a Mexican artist whose family emigrated from Ukraine in 1927.[1] The sculpture commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.[2] The statue seems to have been donated by Mexico City's Jewish community.[3][4]
The commemorative plaque on the front of the statue, which dates to the centennial of the Armenian genocide in 2015, reads: "If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to a person or an object."[5] The purple flower, a Forget-Me-Not, on the plaque was the logo of the centenary.
Other casts of Malamud's sculpted head of Einstein appear around in the world, such as at Tel Aviv University.[6]
Malamud's statue of Einstein at Tel Aviv University
