11-02-201711-02-2017
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
November 2, 2017 10:00 AMCalender
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Pete Conrad (American, 1930-1999)

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$2,091$1,700
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3048MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 02, 2017 10:00AM

Description:

Pete Conrad (American, 1930-1999)
Alan Bean with the reflection of the photographer in his visor, EVA 2, Apollo 12, November 1969. Numbered 'NASA AS12-49-7278' (NASA MSC) in black ink on the recto u.l. margin. Vintage gelatin silver print, image size 7 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (18.5 x 18.3 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Good.

N.B. Pete Conrad took this photograph near Sharp Crater. His full body is reflected in sharp detail in Alan Bean's visor in this celebrated picture that has also been described as the first self-portrait on the Moon (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060121.html). Alan Bean holds a container of lunar soil in his right hand. His Hasselblad camera is mounted on the control unit on his chest. 'I can remember running along and looking up at the Earth,' noted Bean. 'That's when it would really hit me that we were on the Moon. And I would say, This is the Moon; that's the Earth. I'm really here. And then I would say, I've got to quit doing this... because when I'm doing this, I'm not looking for rocks' (Chaikin, Voices, p. 99).

Literature: Light, plate 69; Schick and Van Haaften, p. 46; Hope, p. 21; Jacobs, p. 14.
Estimate $700-900

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