Alan Bean (American, b. 1932)

Description:

Alan Bean (American, b. 1932)
Pete Conrad and the American flag on the Ocean of Storms, Apollo 12, November 1969. Numbered 'NASA AS12-47-6896' and with a U.S. Army caption on the verso. Large-format vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image size 13 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (34.0 x 26.8 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Minor discoloration on the verso.

N.B. 'I've always thought those pictures...we took of each other on the Moon were all we were going to have left after it was over to remember what we did,' said Pete Conrad (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 40).

Literature: Hope, p. 24; Jacobs, p. 74.
Estimate $2,000-3,000


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