NASA & the Exploration of Space With Works from the NASA Art Collection
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998. Quarto, silver hardcover, spine embossed with navy lettering, front embossed with space shuttle image and lettering, 224 pp., illustrated throughout with colour reproductions of artworks, some black-and-white drawings included, appendices included. Very light foxing on edges of leaves and inside of dust-jacket, dust-jacket spine slightly discoloured; otherwise a fine copy with a near-fine dust-jacket. First edition. Comprised of over 170 stunning images from NASA's art collection, this unique volume presents the story of space from the point of view of more than eighty-five artists. Included are works by Paul Calle, Norman Rockwell, Robert Rauschenberg, James Wyeth and Robert McCall, depicting impressions of every aspect of NASA operations, including astronaut portraits, pre-launch activities, launches and landings, rockets and engines, spacecraft in orbit and imagined future technologies. Item #4797
Price (AUD): $95.00