(urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind

[David Stockhoff]

Yes, exactly. That's why I went in search of art that wasn't published 
in the traditional sense, but that Wolfe may have seen. The best 
candidate was painted after 1980. F&SF had post-moon mission covers in 
the early 1970s.

But there is also Astounding, and there are others.

It's difficult to find ANY image containing all elements: astronaut, 
faceplate, flag, and Earth.

Adam Thornton wrote:
> On 06/30/2010 09:24 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>> It occurred to me that Wolfe may have been inspired by an SF magazine 
>> cover rather than by a painting. I searched The Magazine of Fantasy 
>> and Science Fiction and found a similar image:
>>
>> http://www.philsp.com/data/images/f/fantasy_and_science_fiction_197702.jpg 
>>
>>
>> At least it has the gold faceplate and earth. Maybe Rudesind's 
>> painting is a composite?
>
> Rudesind's painting does not match any of the actual Apollo images I 
> could find, when I went looking a few years ago.
>
> Adam
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