Moon Shot
Date1969
Artist
Lowell Nesbitt
(American painter, 1933–1993)
MediumColor lithograph on black paper
Dimensionssheet: 22 × 29 1/2 in. (55.9 × 74.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Reese and Marilyn Palley, 1991
Object number1991-129.4
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextNesbitt reproduces photographs taken by astronauts without altering their contents – a requirement for artists working directly with NASA. But the simplified forms and dynamic abstraction of the shimmering lunar soil serve as a reminder of the artist’s intervention.
