Eugene A. Cernan
Mission: Apollo-Saturn 17: Earth with the continent of Africa clearly depicted, on the last United States lunar voyage.

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Artist Eugene A. Cernan(American, 1934–2017)American, 1934–2017

Artist Ronald E. Evans(American, 1933–1990)American, 1933–1990

Artist Harrison H. "Jack" Schmitt(American, born 1935)American, born 1935

Printer Dennis Ivy (American, born 1953)American, born 1953

CultureAmerican

Titles

Mission: Apollo-Saturn 17: Earth with the continent of Africa clearly depicted, on the last United States lunar voyage.
from the portfolio NASA: A Quarter Century of Space Exploration

DateDecember 7–19, 1972, printed 1991

PlaceUnited States

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 number93.199.17

Non exposé

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Photography

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Target Collection of American Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

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: "# 17"

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