Artist
Steve Pyke (British, born 1957)British, born 1957
CultureBritish
Titles
- Eugene Cernan's Foot – The Last to Walk on the Moon
Date1998, printed 2012
Place depictedHouston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 21 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (54.3 × 35.3 cm)
Sheet: 23 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (60.6 × 50.5 cm)
Sheet: 23 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (60.6 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 2013
Object number2013.654
Not on view
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PhotographyObject Type
Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, was the last man to set foot on the moon on
December 11, 1972.
ProvenanceThe artist, New York, 2013; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History“Photo Forum 2013,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 12, 2013–January 5, 2014.
"Shooting the Moon: Photographs from the Museum's Collection 50 Years after Apollo 11," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 20–September 2, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink arround a drawing of an eye: STEVE / PYKE
Inscribed in pencil on verso center: [signature] / LAST FOOT ON THE MOON / GENE CERNAN HOUSTON / July 23 1998
Inscribed in pencil on verso center: [signature] / LAST FOOT ON THE MOON / GENE CERNAN HOUSTON / July 23 1998
Signed in pencil on verso: Steve Pyke
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PIX Publishing, Inc
July 20, 1969
Gelatin silver print
2018.578
