Ronald Evans

Crescent Earthrise

Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, orbit 66, 217:20:23 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on resin coated Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA Goddard caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso [NASA AS17-152-23274]
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

Schick and Van Haaften, p. 125; Chaikin,Space, p. 137; Chaikin, A Man on the Moon, p. 260; Reynolds, pp. 210-11; Jacobs, p.124.

Zürich, Kunsthaus, Salzburg, Museum der Moderne, Fly me to the Moon, March-June 2019 and July-November 2019; exhibition catalogue, p. 361, no. 61.

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Lot Essay

Evans took this wonderful photograph from magazine 152/ PP through the 250mm telephoto lens from an altitude of 113km over the 51-km Crater Ritz.

Of the many views of the Earth photographed from lunar orbit, the crescent Earth visible during the Apollo 17 mission afforded what many consider “the most lyrical version of that phenomenon, a poetic coda to the first manned period of exploration” (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 120).

217:20:19 Evans: Houston, America. Looks like we’re with you again.
217:20:23 Mission Control: Okay, America.
217:20:23 Evans: ... We’ve been taking its picture (the Earth) just as we came up.

“I look at that Earthrise. How can I sit here and tell you about it without first showing you a picture? You’ve got a whole historical drama, if you will, in photographs of something that most people still consider an incredible venture.”
Eugene Cernan (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 125)