Lot 209
Apollo 17, 1972, "Too Beautiful to have Happened by Accident" Lithograph by Alan Bean (1983, Meredith Long Gallery, 26x35", No. 334/600). This multicolor lithograph was Alan Bean's very first print and is almost never available today (it sold out in 1995). The printed inscription on the bottom of the print reads: "Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan said, 'When I stood on the moon and looked up at the earth, I felt it was just too beautiful to have happened by accident. I could see all the elemts that made up Apollo - the moon, the planet and country from which the first explorers came, deep infinite space and man himself'." In addition, the artist has hand-inscribed this print in gold ink at top: "To the Hoffman's - A great adventure for all human beings. An impossible dream Americans made come true, Alan Bean, Apollo XII, 4th Man on the Moon." The original Bean printed COA is included. A rare piece of art in outstanding condition.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500.
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