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. CernanAmerican, 1934–2017

Artist Ronald E. EvansAmerican, 1933–1990

Artist Harrison H. "Jack" SchmittAmerican, born 1935

Printer Dennis Ivy 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

Not on view

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Photography

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Target Collection of American Photography

Object Type

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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