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Alexei Leonov

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Alexei Leonov

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Auction Date:2013 Nov 21 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Original watercolor artwork by Leonov entitled ‘The Construction of the Central Square,’ depicting the Baikonur Cosmodrome while being built, on an off-white 12.5 x 9.5 sheet of artist’s cardstock. The piece is titled in Russian on the reverse in an unknown hand. In fine condition. The painting is depicted in the book Life Among Stars by Leonov and Andrei Sokolov, in which he describes the painting as showing a partially constructed central square with paved roads and marked traffic lines—however, he notes that the landscape is still dominated by the contrasting Kazakh desert (a photocopy of the book page is included). In addition to being a member of the first Soviet cosmonaut group and being the first ever human to conduct a spacewalk, Leonov is an accomplished, award-winning space artist. A truly one-of-a-kind piece that illustrates the very beginnings of the great ‘Space Race.’