11-02-201711-02-2017
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
November 2, 2017 10:00 AMCalender
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Harrison Schmitt (American, b. 1935),Eugene Cernan (American, 1934-2017),or Ronald Evans (American, 1933-1990)

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$246$200
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3048MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 02, 2017 10:00AM

Description:

Harrison Schmitt (American, b. 1935),Eugene Cernan (American, 1934-2017),or Ronald Evans (American, 1933-1990)
Lunar horizon over the far side terminator during the first orbit, Apollo 17, December 1972. Numbered 'NASA AS17-151-23111' (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 x 7 in. (17.5 x 17.5 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Good.

N.B. An oblique photograph showing the tortured relief of the Moon over craters Doppler and Korolev, accentuated by the low Sun illumination of the lunar terminator (boundary between day and night on the Moon). 'I look at it very three-dimensionally. I mean I can look beyond the moon. I can see the three dimensions,' noted Eugene Cernan. 'I think, prior to going there, and I think most people just look at it as something flat out there in the night sky. But I look at it as a sphere. I can feel the depth of it. I know that it is in inner space. I mean, I know that it's not at the end of that blackness' (Chaikin, Voices, p. 180).
Estimate $300-500


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Keywords

Kodak, Ronald Evans