Lot 689
Lot 689
[Large Format] The “Blue Marble”, the first human-taken photograph of the Earth fully illuminated, December 7-19, 1972

Harrison Schmitt [Apollo 17]

Price Realised GBP 32,500
Estimate
GBP 15,000 - GBP 25,000
Closed: 20 Nov 2020
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[Large Format] The “Blue Marble”, the first human-taken photograph of the Earth fully illuminated, December 7-19, 1972

Harrison Schmitt [Apollo 17]

Price Realised GBP 32,500
Closed: 20 Nov 2020
Price Realised GBP 32,500
Closed: 20 Nov 2020
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Harrison Schmitt

The “Blue Marble”, the first human-taken photograph of the Earth fully illuminated

Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, 005:06:24 GET

Large format presentation vintage chromogenic print, 11 x 14 in (27 x 34.5cm), flush-mounted on original NASA card 16 x 20in (40.5 x 50.5cm), with NASA KSC caption numbered “AS17-148-22727” on the verso
16 x 20in (40.5 x 50.5cm)
Literature
Chaikin, Space, p. 131; Jacobs, p.127; Light, plate 114; Hope, p. 151; NASA SP-350, p.294
Exhibited
Zürich, Kunsthaus, Salzburg, Museum der Moderne, Fly me to the Moon, March-June 2019
and July-November 2019; exhibition catalogue, p. 62, no. 64, illustrated.
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