5 Dec 2012
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Illuminating Space: Images from a Private Virginian Collection
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Illuminating Space: Images from a Private Virginian Collection
Back to auction 20830
LUNAR ORBITER V.
Oversize view of the crater Aristarchus, August 18, 1967, 4 telephoto panoramas, each comprising 8 gelatin silver prints, mounted, 51½ x 57¾ inches overall, framed.
ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN COPIES of this large and impressive image, the other being in George Eastman House, Rochester, NY. Aristarchus is considered the brightest of the large formations on the lunar surface, and is visible to the naked eye.
Exhibited: Lunar Landscapes, Menil Collection, Houston, TX, March 10-June 4, 2000.
Illustrated: Cortright p 123 (detail).
ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN COPIES of this large and impressive image, the other being in George Eastman House, Rochester, NY. Aristarchus is considered the brightest of the large formations on the lunar surface, and is visible to the naked eye.
Exhibited: Lunar Landscapes, Menil Collection, Houston, TX, March 10-June 4, 2000.
Illustrated: Cortright p 123 (detail).
Estimate:
US$ 100,000 - 150,000
£66,000 - 98,000
€78,000 - 120,000
£66,000 - 98,000
€78,000 - 120,000
Category: Space / Space History
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