"A Jewel In The Heavens" 'Earth' CANVAS Limited Edition Print Signed by Alan Bean Apollo 12 - 'Australia

This is exciting Moon Art and a classic CANVAS Limited Edition Print signed by Alan Bean and is truly a unique opportunity to own a stunning portrait of the 'Earth' .  When Apollo 8 orbited the Moon in 1968, the Press first reported "We went to the Moon and 'discovered' the Earth instead!" That is exactly why Alan Bean's 'Earth' Canvases so consistently sell out.

Alan Bean's Art sells out incredibly quickly.  Alan Bean was the only human being in history to become a fine art Master Artist to paint various Apollo mission experiences based on his own personal real experience of having been to, and walked on the Moon!   Here are a few words about this fine art Limited Edition  CANVAS Limited Edition Print by Alan Bean:

“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too." - John F Kennedy, September 12, 1962

Astronaut and artist Alan Bean is not only the first artist to paint a world other than our Earth who actually went there, he is the first in history to paint our Earth after viewing it from space. His art’s significance as the original human interpretative record of man’s first off-world experience will only increase in its importance and value over time.

Those of us who were lucky enough to be alive during the Apollo program look at Bean’s art and share the stirring of emotion, pride and the sense of awe that we experienced as we lived through the fulfillment of President Kennedy’s challenge. The whole world (the artist’s “fellow earthlings”) can now look up at the moon in the night’s sky and know that human beings were once there looking back at us.

“Over the years I changed my profession from NASA astronaut to space artist,” says Alan Bean. “I have created several paintings of earth and in the years since the Apollo 12 mission, my astronaut eyes have gradually been replaced with artist eyes. I now see the Earth in my mind’s eye as much brighter than recorded by our cameras,” he says about "A Jewel in the Heavens," “and I paint the Earth in bolder colors now.” This Fine Art Giclee Canvas not only takes us off this Earth to look back upon it in the company of an Apollo astronaut, it is a ticket back to one of the most fulfilling times in our lives.

Mission Profile (source Wikipedia)

Apollo 12 was the sixth manned flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon [an H type mission. It launched on November 14, 1969, from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Mission commander Charles “Pete” Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit. The landing site for the mission was located in the south eastern portion of the Ocean of Storms.

Unlike the first landing on Apollo 11, Conrad and Bean achieved a precise landing at their expected location, the site of the Surveyor 3 unmanned probe, which had landed on April 20, 1967.

Collectors Hints (Space and Aviation Firsts © 2017).

Collectors Hint 1 – What is a Fine Artwork Canvas?

A Limited Edition Canvas is often much 'more restricted' in their availability Worldwide.

A Fine Artwork Canvas is intended to reproduce the presentation of the original oil or acrylic painting on stretched canvas.  This is absolutely the option of choice if you have the desire and preference to mirror the original painting in 3D presentation with texture and look.

 If you have the desire and preference to mirror the original painting in presentation and texture similar to the painting this is absolutely the option of choice.

They are stunningly beautiful in their presentation and are often larger in Size for that ‘Stand Out Impressiveness’ upon your Wall.

Collectors Hint 2 - Remember the 50 year Apollo Anniversaries!

The 50th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing by Apollo 11 and further Apollos begins in 2019!  Don't lose out on such a restricted opportunity

Collectors Hint 3 -  Acquisition of 'Rare' Historical Offerings!

I now try to obtain 'rare' offerings when they appear as I lost out on a few key Historical Pieces due to hesitating. 

One was an X-15 photograph signed by 11 of the 12 surviving X-15 Pilots at the time, one being Neil Armstrong.  I have never seen the offer again during the past 25 years.  I suggest when an opportunity presents itself; please make the decision as to your collection focus and then act so you do not miss out!  

Apollo items sell and the 50th Anniversary of the First Moon Landings by Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 is in 2019 with further 50 year Apollo Flight anniversaries following.  

Collectors Hint 4 - About Alan Bean

This fine art offering is from a terrific Fine Art Artist and Astronaut who walked upon the Moon and is truly a 'Lifetime' opportunity. 

Obtaining Alan's work such as this in future years is nigh impossible, especially for a 'Historic Subject' such as this.  'That's how it Felt to Walk Upon The Moon' which sold out commercially in 1988 soon after its release, is one such example. 

Alan Bean Original Paintings now typically sell for US250,000 to US$500,000, but were sometimes US30,000 in the 1980s.  Alan Bean Master Art Work Limited Editions typically increase in value over time as well.

Astronaut and artist Alan Bean was not only the first artist to paint a world other than our Earth who actually went there, he was the first in history to paint our Earth after viewing it from space. His art's significance as the original human interpretative record of man's first off-world experience will only increase in its importance and value over time.

Alan Bean, Astronaut and Alexey Leonov, Cosmonaut were the only Space Travellers to become Fine Art Artists. Enjoy the beauty of Alan Bean's Moon Art upon your wall from the only Astronaut who walked upon the Moon and then became a fine art Space Artist.

Notes: 

This is serious and enjoyable premium quality Art Space and Aviation Collecting.  If an offer is to be made, please understand the offer needs to be very seriously 'close'!  The extremely restricted 'time and availability' of Historical Items such as this simply means that once they are gone, that's it!  [Due to the extremely restricted availability of 'Limited Editions' art, all purchases are subject to final availability at the time of your order].

Size 

This  "A Jewel In The Heavens" 'Earth' CANVAS Limited Edition Print Signed by Alan Bean [LMP] Apollo 12 has an:

Image Size of: 14" width x 12" height

historically hand signed by Alan Bean with its own Artist Proof Certificate of Authenticity [CoA]

Upon purchase I will be pleased to provide written professional museum framing hints as an additional courtesy to you. 

This is an important signed historical art piece for any collection.  It is a wonderful and unique record of that exciting time in World, Space and Apollo history.

Shipping

Shipping Worldwide is included to the purchaser, my gift to you. 

Your magnificent Canvas Limited Edition Print will be shipped directly to you from the USA.

This is a great buy and offering for International, USA, UK, European and Asia Pacific Collectors.  

Conclusion

This "A Jewel In The Heavens" 'Earth' CANVAS Limited Edition Print Signed by Alan Bean [LMP] Apollo 12  is simply a must have 'Life Piece' of World, American, Astronaut and acclaimed Artist History.  The art is beautifully representative of the magnificence of the 'Earth' beautifully suspended in the 'blackness' of deep Space.

Only six Apollo Missions orbited and landed two Astronauts on the Lunar Surface.  Apollo 12 in 1969 was impressive for its accurate landing within a few hundred yards of Surveyor 3 a spacecraft that had landed on the lunar surface prior, in 1967.  Just the 2nd of the Apollo Missions to land 2 human beings on the lunar service, after Mankind had dreamt for 'eons' of undertaking such a feat!

Please remember, there were only 150 of these stunningly beautiful and rare Canvas Limited Edition Prints created and released for the Worldwide Market!  A unique and a beautiful Historical 'Life Piece' of World and American Space History for you to own.  This signed copy is irreplaceable. Make this one yours!  

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