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Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
November 2, 2017 10:00 AMCalender
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Richard Gordon (American, b. 1929)

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Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3048MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 02, 2017 10:00AM

Description:

Richard Gordon (American, b. 1929)
The Lunar Module Intrepid heading for the Ocean of Storms landing site, Apollo 12, November 1969. Numbered 'NASA AS12-51-7507' (NASA MSC) in red on the recto u.l. margin. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image size 7 1/8 x 7 in. (18.0 x 17.5 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Good.

N.B. The LM is above the floor of the giant crater Ptolemaeus in this westward-looking oblique. The LM appears to be close to the surface, even though it is some 60 nautical miles high. This was one of Gordon's last views of the LM as he began his one and a half day of solo flight around the Moon (NASA SP-235). "I made a small burn with the Command Module which allowed for separation from the LM, so we wouldn't collide later on. As I was drifting away,' recalled Gordon, 'I grabbed the Hasselblad and took some pictures out the window. It was simply a matter of pointing the nose of the spacecraft at the lunar module" (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 80).

Literature: Light, p. 43; Chaikin, Voices, p. 50; Schick and Van Haaften, p. 80.
Estimate $500-700


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hasselblad, Kodak, Richard Gordon, Van Haaften, Schick Haaften