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Andora (b. 1958), Painting & Space Shuttle Helmet, 1997

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:900.00 EUR Estimated At:1,440.00 - 1,800.00 EUR
Andora (b. 1958), Painting & Space Shuttle Helmet, 1997
Mixed media; plastic, metal
USA/Russia, 1997
Andora (b. 1958) – German artist, pop art painter and cosmonaut
Painting signed and with the copyright sign lower left ‘andora ©’, titled in the depiction ‘This is the way to the Moon’, verso on the frame stamp ‘SPACE EXPEDITION ANDORA 1993-97 STAR-CITY’
Helmet of the US-American astronaut Deke Slayton and model of the Russian Proton rocket painted in black and gold pen, signed, dated and with copyright symbol frontally on the helmet ‘andora 97 ©’, with logo ‘Space Shuttle’, name ‘Slayton’ and inscription ‘Norton #69 Made in U.S.A. ANSI Z89.1-1969 CLASS A&C / ANSI Z89.2-1971 CLASS B / N.Y. APPR. 6287’
Dimensions: 17.5 x 22 x 29 cm (helmet); 35.5 x 26.5 x 5.2 cm (painting, framed)
Provenance: Collection Andora, Germany
A painting by Andora and a helmet that is painted by the artist

This is a painting by Andora with the title ‘This is the way to the Moon’. One with prints of US-Dollar bills covered toy gun is integrated into the painting. Below the gun is a family. The gun is pointing at a Proton rocket. The helmet bears the name tag of the US-American astronaut Deke Slayton (1924-1993). Slayton was the manager of the Space Shuttle program for the first six flights. Andora has painted the helmet with black and golden pen.



The painting is signed and bears the copyright sign lower left ‘andora ©’. The painting is titled in the depiction ‘This is the way to the Moon’. Verso on the frame is the stamp ‘SPACE EXPEDITION ANDORA 1993-97 STAR-CITY’. The helmet is frontally signed, dated and with the copyright symbol ‘andora 97 ©’. The helmet bears the logo ‘Space Shuttle’, the name ‘Slayton’ and the inscription ‘Norton #69 Made in U.S.A. ANSI Z89.1-1969 CLASS A&C / ANSI Z89.2-1971 CLASS B / N.Y. APPR. 6287’. The painting is in very good condition with hardly any traces. The helmet displays traces of wear at the covering. The dimensions are 17.5 x 22 x 29 cm (helmet) and 35.5 x 26.5 x 5.2 cm (painting, framed).

Andora (b. 1958)

Grown up as Andreas Hoge in Berlin-East, in the course of his career the artist, pop art painter and cosmonaut put on the pseudonym Andora. Accused of preparing for the flight from the GDR, he was expatriated to Berlin-West. He studied social education from 1980 until 1984. Afterwards, he started creating his first paintings that were of neo-expressionist manner. Later, conceptual installations and video techniques succeeded. Andora left the traditional canvas as a painting surface in the 90s and entered the three-dimensional reality with his pictorial language of bizarre creatures of a comic-like world and painted everyday objects. He accepted various commissions by large corporations, for example by WEST. This culminated in painting a Russian Proton rocket, which was then shot into space. Today, Andora lives and works in Berlin.
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