During the 1968 Apollo 8 spaceflight, while orbiting the moon, the crew was surveying the surface in preparation for the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. A navigational landmark was needed to guide the lunar module safely to the surface and a mountain near the designated site was identified. Captain James A. Lovell elected to name this important landmark after his high school sweetheart and loving wife Marilyn Lovell.

Becoming formally recognized by the International Astronomical Union in 2017 Mount Marilyn will forever be symbolic of their romance. To commemorate this Mariano Chavez of Agent Gallery has created a special hand printed map of the moon paying homage to Mount Marilyn and its place in history that have been signed by Captain Lovell. Printed on 300-gram watercolor paper made of 100% cotton rag paper using the cyanotype photographic process, these prints are double exposed to create a rich two-tone blue enhancing the lunar surface.

Myself and Alex (Salvage Haus x Scout) are very pleased to be in a position to contribute to the mission of the Adler Planetarium in conjunction with the Lovell family and the Lovell Legacy Fund. A portion of the proceeds on the sales of this series will be donated to the Lovell Legacy Fund to benefit of the Adler Planetarium.

You can preorder these online now or you can get them in person on opening night starting on Valentines Day at Scout in Andersonville at 5221 N Clark Street and Salvage Haus in West Town at 2000 West Grand Avenue.

There are two sizes available Extra Large (signed edition of 5) and Large (signed edition of 10). As of this posting there is only one remaining Extra Large .

Large edition is listed separately on the website.

Large unframed dimensions are 36” x 45”

Pictured is a framed example measuring: 40” x 49”

We offer in house framing so if you’d like to get this framed let us know for a quote.

Price listed is for unframed artwork

Specs:

100% cotton 300gr / 140lb Arches Watercolor paper with natural deckle edge

Double exposed cyanotype process for two tone color

Captain Jim Lovell signed with Silver archival Sakura Ink

Signed in pencil and numbered by the artist on the lower right side