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Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
November 2, 2017 10:00 AMCalender
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Eugene Cernan (American, 1934-2017)

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$369$300
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3048MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 02, 2017 10:00AM

Description:

Eugene Cernan (American, 1934-2017)
Harrison Schmitt with the lunar rake at Steno Crater's Station 1, EVA 1, Apollo 17, December 1972. NASA Goddard caption numbered 'AS17-134-20425' on the verso. Vintage chromogenic print on resin-coated Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image size 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (18.9 x 24.0 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Color shifting around image edges, paper hinge remnants on the verso.

N.B. Schmitt has the Hasselblad camera mounted on his chest, and Family Mountain is in the background. 'Station 1 was located about 150 meters from the northwest rim of Steno Crater, in the middle of the Taurus-Littrow Valley. When Steno Crater formed, it would have ejected material from below the surface and deposited it in the surrounding region. The goal of this stop was to collect samples of this subsurface material' (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_17/surface_opp/). 'Here Schmitt is shaking soil out of the rake to collect a sample of rocks ranging from 1 to 4 cm in diameter after making a swath through the surface soil' (ALSJ: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17.html).

Literature: Reynolds, p. 204.
Estimate $400-600


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Keywords

hasselblad, Kodak, Harrison Schmitt