Lot No. 123


Neil Armstrong (Apollo 11)


Buzz Aldrin Looking back at Tranquility Base, 16-24 July 1969

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, (NASA AS11 40-5948), with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, (NASA/North American Rockwell), 20,3 x 25,4 cm

Aldrin is standing next to the seismometer.
The Laser Ranging Retroreflector (LRRR) and the stereo close-up camera are in the mid distance.
The TV camera, the American flag and the LM Eagle are in the background.

“I don’t believe any pair of people had been more removed physically from the rest of the world than we were.”
Buzz Aldrin (Life Magazine, August 22, 1969, p. 26)

Literature:
National Geographic, December 1969, ppg. 746-747; Time, 8 August 1969, ppg. 23-24; Moon: Man’s Greatest Adventure, Thomas, ed., ppg. 202-203; Spacecam: Photographing the Final Frontier from Apollo to Hubble, Hope, pg. 28.

Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421

eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at

27.09.2023 - 16:13

Realized price: **
EUR 1,690.-
Estimate:
EUR 1,200.- to EUR 1,800.-
Starting bid:
EUR 600.-

Neil Armstrong (Apollo 11)


Buzz Aldrin Looking back at Tranquility Base, 16-24 July 1969

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, (NASA AS11 40-5948), with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, (NASA/North American Rockwell), 20,3 x 25,4 cm

Aldrin is standing next to the seismometer.
The Laser Ranging Retroreflector (LRRR) and the stereo close-up camera are in the mid distance.
The TV camera, the American flag and the LM Eagle are in the background.

“I don’t believe any pair of people had been more removed physically from the rest of the world than we were.”
Buzz Aldrin (Life Magazine, August 22, 1969, p. 26)

Literature:
National Geographic, December 1969, ppg. 746-747; Time, 8 August 1969, ppg. 23-24; Moon: Man’s Greatest Adventure, Thomas, ed., ppg. 202-203; Spacecam: Photographing the Final Frontier from Apollo to Hubble, Hope, pg. 28.

Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421

eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at


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Auction: The Beauty of Space - Iconic Photographs of Early NASA Missions
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 27.09.2023 - 16:13
Location: Wien | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: Online


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