Charles Bittinger (1879-1970)

Earth as Seen from the Moon

Details

Charles Bittinger (1879-1970)
Earth as Seen from the Moon
signed with artist's initials 'CB' (lower right)
gouache on paper laid down on board
23¾ x 19¼ in. (60.3 x 48.9 cm.)

Provenance

Commissioned by the National Geographic Society.

Literature

National Geographic magazine, July 1939, p. 17, fig. I.; The Art of National Geographic: A Century of Illustration, the National Geographic Society, 1999, p. 176.

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Lot Essay

In planning and working out the paintings that accompany this article, I came to feel more than ever that astronomy is the greatest monument to human intelligence, which has explored out into unimaginable depths of space with nothing more tangible than the fragile waves of light.
Charles Bittinger, 1939

More from The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration

View All