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This object is on display in Destination Moon at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

Destination Moon

Object Details

Date

1957

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

ART-Paintings

Medium

Painting, oil on canvas

Artist

Chesley Bonestell, American, 1888 - 1986

Physical Description

Unframed mural, in 3 sections, depicting the lunar landscape and planet earth in the distance.

Dimensions

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 304.8 x 1219.2cm (10 ft. x 40 ft.)

Inventory Number

A19772550000

Credit Line

Gift of the Charles Hayden Planetarium of the Museum of Science

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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