$1,000
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
Modern & Contemporary Works of Art
Auction: November 3, 2013 2:00:00 PM EDT
Signed and dedicated 'for Julian and Lenore-the boys' bottom right, oil on canvas in artist's made frame
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2cm)
Provenance: The artist.
Dr. and Mrs. Julian Cave, Jr. , Athens, Georgia (gifted directly from the above circa 1968-75).
Private Collection, Palmyra, Virginia (by family descent).
note:
In 1963 Lamar Dodd was named the official artist for NASA's "Mercury Astronaut 9 Project" and continued to work for the agency for 25 years documenting many official launches including Apollo 9 among many others.