Edgar D. Mitchell
Mission: Apollo-Saturn 14: Alan B. Shepard, Jr. plants American flag on the moon

Mission: Apollo-Saturn 14: Alan B. Shepard, Jr. plants American flag on the moon

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Mission: Apollo-Saturn 14: Alan B. Shepard, Jr. plants American flag on the moon
PrinterAmerican, born 1953
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Mission: Apollo-Saturn 14: Alan B. Shepard, Jr. plants American flag on the moon
  • from the portfolio NASA: A Quarter Century of Space Exploration
DateJanuary 31– February 9, 1971, printed 1991
Place depictedMoon
MediumDye imbibition print
Dimensionsimage: 16 × 16 inches (40.6 × 40.6 cm)
mat: 20 × 20 inches (50.8 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number93.199.14
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Robert Mann Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1993.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Quest for the Moon and Other Stories: Four Decades of Astronauts in Space," at the Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, TX, March 6, 2001 to May 29, 2001 (LN:2001.23).

Exhibited: "The Moon: "Houston, Tranquility Base Here. The Eagle Has Landed", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Foundation Galleries, September 27, 2009 - January 10, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Inscribed in black ink, lower left corner below image: "29/1000", lower right corner below image: "# 14"

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July 16–24, 1969, printed 1991
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