Eugene Cernan's Foot – The Last to Walk on the Moon

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Artist Steve Pyke (British, born 1957)British, born 1957

CultureBritish

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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)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 2013

Object number2013.654

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Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionEugene
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.
Published References Smith, Caroline and Gordon MacDonald. "It's Wrong to Wish on Space Hardware" (Maidstone, Kent: Photoworks, 2002) 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

Signed in pencil on verso: Steve Pyke

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