Moon Rovers

by Alan Bean

MOON ROVERS is a large, yet inexpensive piece which looks very nice next to the others of Alan's portfolio of works (8 of 12 editions have sold out). You might also recognize this work as the piece opposite part 1, chapter 1 in Alan's book Apollo:An Eyewitness Account Alan's account of this work, from the book:

"Astronaut Jim Irwin is doing just what tourists do around the world: take snapshots of the wonderful and exotic places they visit. In this painting, he is immortalizing his partner, Apollo 15 commander Dave Scott, proudly riding their new car, the Lunar Rover."

The rover made its first appearance on this mission. Jim Irwin died in 1991, the first moonwalker to pass away. (Read more about the lunar rover in the book, pg. 40)

Scott and rover are seen reflected in the visor. The earth looms in the sky four times larger than the full moon looks to us. The lunar module Falcon is behind Irwin perched at an angle on a mountainside in the Hadley-Appenine region.