Robyn McDaniels
Oscar Takes Larry to the Moon

Oscar Takes Larry to the Moon

© Robyn McDaniels

Oscar Takes Larry to the Moon
Oscar Takes Larry to the Moon
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Oscar Takes Larry to the Moon
Date1990
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print with toning
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 11 15/16 in. (24.1 × 30.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.7 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Clinton T. Willour in honor of Frish Brandt
Object number94.116
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionPeople
dreamed of traveling through space long before the first manned spacecrafts were
launched. Robyn McDaniels’s charming photograph expresses the fantasy, wonder,
and imagination that continues to enthrall each new generation.

Provenance[Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco]; purchased by MFAH, 1994.
Exhibition History"The Moon: 'Houston, Tranquility Base Here. The Eagle Has Landed'," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 27, 2009–January 10, 2010.

"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
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom edge: “Oscar takes Larry to the Moon” Robyn STOUTENBERG MRST. BO.X 10/50
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom edge: Robyn STOUTENBERG

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