Oct 05, 2023 - Sale 2647

Sale 2647 - Lot 296

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(NASA)
A group of 5 oversize dye transfer photographs depicting Discovery and Atlantis missions and the Earth from above. Dye transfer prints, the images measuring 16x19 3/4 inches to 20 1/4x19 7/8 inches (40.6x50.2 to 51.4x50.5 cm.), the sheets 24 inches (61 cm.) square, and slightly smaller, three with the caption, date(s), and notations "printed 801 Editions, Houston, Texas" (two of these with the notation "printer's proof" and one with a print date), and one just with a numeric notation, in pencil in an unknown hand on verso. 1984-85; printed 1986

Space walk, Mission STS 51A, Discovery, 1984 * Mission STS 61B Atlantis, 1985 * Tibetan Plateau from Space Shuttle with a Linhoff 5x7 camera, 1984 or 1985 * Space walk (documenting the 1984 mission of the space shuttle Discovery), 1984

Provenance: Alan Klotz Gallery, New York