PIX Publishing, Inc
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin set up American flag at the landing site. The lunar module is at the left.
Artist
PIX Publishing, Inc (active 1935–1969)active 1935–1969
CultureUnknown
Titles
- Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin set up American flag at the landing site. The lunar module is at the left.
DateJuly 20, 1969
Place depictedMoon
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 13/16 × 9 3/4 in. (19.8 × 24.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 3/4 in. (19.8 × 24.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 3/4 in. (19.8 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Michael Zilkha
Object number2018.576
Not on view
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ProvenancePIX, Inc., New York; Westport Public Library, Westport, Connecticut; [Winter Works on Paper, 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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black on applied label, verso, top center right: APOLLO 11, FIRST MANNED LANDING ON THE MOON: 1056 EDT, JULY 20, 1969. // WASH/I0731---Photos via TV.
Printed in black on applied label, verso, upper center right: 4- Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin set up American flag at the land- // ing site. The lunar module is at the left.
Stamped in green, verso, center left: Westport Public Library // Westport, Conn. [upside down]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center right: Space flight [underlined]
Stamped in black ink, verso, bottom center: WASH // PHOTO BY // PIX INCORPORATED // 236 EAST 46th ST., N. Y. 17, N. Y. // Yukon 6-7540 // Please Credit: WASHINGTON REPORTERS – PIX // A LICENSE [ILLEGIBLE…] //TO WHICH THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS SENT // TO REPRODUCE FOR ONE TIME ONLY THE PIC- //TURE APPEARING ON THIS PRINT, IT MUST NOT // BE LOANED, SYNDICATED OR USED FOR AD- // VERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT WRITTEN PER- // MISSION.
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right corner: 4
Printed in black on applied label, verso, upper center right: 4- Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin set up American flag at the land- // ing site. The lunar module is at the left.
Stamped in green, verso, center left: Westport Public Library // Westport, Conn. [upside down]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center right: Space flight [underlined]
Stamped in black ink, verso, bottom center: WASH // PHOTO BY // PIX INCORPORATED // 236 EAST 46th ST., N. Y. 17, N. Y. // Yukon 6-7540 // Please Credit: WASHINGTON REPORTERS – PIX // A LICENSE [ILLEGIBLE…] //TO WHICH THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS SENT // TO REPRODUCE FOR ONE TIME ONLY THE PIC- //TURE APPEARING ON THIS PRINT, IT MUST NOT // BE LOANED, SYNDICATED OR USED FOR AD- // VERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT WRITTEN PER- // MISSION.
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right corner: 4
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