Cortis & Sonderegger
Making of 'AS11-40-5878' (by Edwin Aldrin, 1969)

Making of 'AS11-40-5878' (by Edwin Aldrin, 1969)

© 2014 Jojakim Cortis & Adrian Sonderegger

Making of 'AS11-40-5878' (by Edwin Aldrin, 1969)
Making of 'AS11-40-5878' (by Edwin Aldrin, 1969)
ArtistSwiss, active since 2005
ArtistSwiss, born 1978
ArtistSwiss, born 1980
CultureSwiss
Titles
  • Making of 'AS11-40-5878' (by Edwin Aldrin, 1969)
  • from the series Icons
Date2014
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsSheet: 27 1/2 × 41 1/2 in. (69.9 × 105.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Julie Brook Alexander; the Museum Collectors; James Edward Maloney; and Alia Khan and George Eleftheriou
Object number2018.218
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

With wit and artistry, the Swiss artists Cortis and
Sonderegger re-create the most famous photographs in history. This work of art
does not merely replicate Aldrin’s 1969 photograph. By leaving their tools and
materials—a bag of cement, wire, and wood—visible, the artists invite a
detailed investigation of their product at the center. Details often overlooked
in the original are revealed by this studio construction—the mysterious shadows
cast by rocks, the delicate texture of the surface, and the boot print,
carefully sited in the frame. Its position suggests that it could be the
viewer’s own footstep, and therefore his or her own “leap for mankind.”


ProvenanceThe artists; [Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition History"Shooting the Moon: Photographs from the Museum's Collection 50 Years after Apollo 11," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 20–September 2, 2019.

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Barometer
Corti, Vecchio and Co.
Barometer
c. 1801–1804
Mahogany veneer and unidentified inlay; spruce and dogwood, probably European, possibly North American
B.74.10
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin set up American flag at the landing site. The lunar module is at the left.
PIX Publishing, Inc
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin set up American flag at the landing site. The lunar module is at the left.
July 20, 1969
Gelatin silver print
2018.576
Mission: Gemini-Titan XII — Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin performs extravehicular activities in preparation for his later being the pilot for the lunar module's first landing on the moon
James A. Lovell, Jr.
Mission: Gemini-Titan XII — Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin performs extravehicular activities in preparation for his later being the pilot for the lunar module's first landing on the moon
November 11–15, 1966, printed 1991
Dye imbibition print
93.199.6
Mission: Gemini-Titan XII — James A. Lovell, Jr., and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., completed an exercise to attach a tether to an Agena target vehicle...
James A. Lovell, Jr.
Mission: Gemini-Titan XII — James A. Lovell, Jr., and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., completed an exercise to attach a tether to an Agena target vehicle...
November 11–15, 1966, printed 1991
Dye imbibition print
93.199.5
Image non disponible pour Aldrin on the Moon
Neil A. Armstrong
Aldrin on the Moon
1969
Chromogenic print
71.26
Image non disponible pour # 40
Bruce Charlesworth
# 40
1989
Chromogenic print
2000.101
Pancake Ice @ S 72° 37' 52" \\ W 120° 40' 39", Amundsen Sea, Southern Ocean, Antarctica
Stuart Klipper
Pancake Ice @ S 72° 37' 52" \\ W 120° 40' 39", Amundsen Sea, Southern Ocean, Antarctica
2000
Chromogenic print
2003.712
Going Steady at 40
Harry Bowers
Going Steady at 40
1978
Chromogenic print
2008.596
President Nixon congratulates the astronauts, Armstrong and Aldrin, on their accomplishment via telephone to the moon.
PIX Publishing, Inc
President Nixon congratulates the astronauts, Armstrong and Aldrin, on their accomplishment via telephone to the moon.
July 20, 1969
Gelatin silver print
2018.575
Edwin Cohen
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Edwin Cohen
1990
Gelatin silver print
2004.1866
Edwin Denby
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Edwin Denby
1982
Gelatin silver print
2004.1902
Daddy, I Want To Be Free Too. William Edwin Jones pushes daughter Renee Andrewnetta Jones during protest march on Main St., Memphis, Tennessee.
Ernest C. Withers
Daddy, I Want To Be Free Too. William Edwin Jones pushes daughter Renee Andrewnetta Jones during protest march on Main St., Memphis, Tennessee.
August 1961, printed 1994
Gelatin silver print
98.225.3