National Air and Space Museum; Smithsonian Institution Washington, D. C. July 1976 - Monochromatic
- 1975
- Lowell Nesbitt
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32 x 43 inches ~ (81 x 109 cm)$750
- Unbacked
This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $190 and take approximately 6-8 weeks.
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself. Backing is what we recommend for framing, and for any poster needing restoration.
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HAND SIGNED dated and numbered 1/50
This is a limited edition large format poster printed on art paper, NOT the commercial sold smaller size. This is also the only monochromatic example of this poster we have seen, printed with metallic inks one year earlier than the full color poster.
In this artwork commissioned to celebrate the opening of the National Air and Space Museum in 1976, Nesbitt chose to chronicle the history of flight from the fall of Icarus in Greek mythology to the first Apollo flight to the moon. Most of the planes can still be seen in the main gallery of NASM, notably the Wright Brother's first plane, and Lindberg's Spirit of St. Louis.
