Title from caption on object: “An Astronaut Takes a Walk”

June 3, 1965

James McDivitt

Artist, American, 1929 - 2022

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Artist, American, est. 1958

Associated Press

Publisher

James McDivitt, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.8 × 22.8 cm (6 1/4 × 9 in.)
    sheet: 20.5 × 25.4 cm (8 1/16 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.544


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, upper center in blue ink: COLOR KEY [arrow]; upper right in red ink: "A"; crop marks center left and center right in red ink; vertical along left edge printed in image: (MSC14-June 8) AN ASTRONAUT TAKES A WALK--Astronaut Edward White moves / into the range of Maj. James McDivitt’s Hasselblad camera as he clambers / around their Gemini 4 spacecraft while flying over the United States / last week. McDivitt, who remained in the capsule during White’s / 20-minute excursion outside, photographed his buddy both with a 16-mm / movie camera and a Hasselblad still camera using 120-size film. / (NASA photo via AP Wirephoto) (rhs31545) 1965; on verso, top left printed in black ink on applied sticker: dfpa 13865; by unknown hand, upper left in pink ink crossed out in graphite: w/SCENES / G [circled] / 3 3/8" WIDE / 2 1/4" DEEP; upper right stamped in black ink perpendicular and crossed out in graphite: JUN 18 1965; by unknown hand, upper right in grease pencil circled and crossed out in red ink and graphite: 2; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: AP Photo / OUTSIDE looking inside his space capsule 103 miles up, astronaut Edward / White is photographed by the camera of his fellow astronaut, James McDivitt.; center stamped in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: JUN 9 1965; center right Associated Press copyright stamp in black ink; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite circled and perpendicular: Gemini 4


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