TSEP cover_(July-August 1973, internet download
So, while deep deep down a rabbit hole, pursuing something totally unrelated, I came across a reference to North American Rockwell (NAR) artist Bert Winthrop. In it, he was cited as being recognized for his July/Aug. 1975 Saturday Evening Post ‘shuttle cover’. The wrong year was referenced, so the pursuit down yet another rabbit hole was on!
This perspective of orbiter/external tank separation is – in my world – rather iconic & oft-reproduced. In my blissless ignorance, not having much of a pool of NAR artist’s names to choose from, I’d identified ‘M. Alvarez/Manuel E. Alvarez’ as the likely artist of the multiple variations of this scene. WRONG answer. For it to be conclusively associated with Mr. Winthrop is a surprising WIN.
Note also the other spacecraft lurking behind the title. The only one I’m able to positively identify is the Skylab OWS/CSM complex.
TSEP cover_(July-August 1973, internet download
So, while deep deep down a rabbit hole, pursuing something totally unrelated, I came across a reference to North American Rockwell (NAR) artist Bert Winthrop. In it, he was cited as being recognized for his July/Aug. 1975 Saturday Evening Post ‘shuttle cover’. The wrong year was referenced, so the pursuit down yet another rabbit hole was on!
This perspective of orbiter/external tank separation is – in my world – rather iconic & oft-reproduced. In my blissless ignorance, not having much of a pool of NAR artist’s names to choose from, I’d identified ‘M. Alvarez/Manuel E. Alvarez’ as the likely artist of the multiple variations of this scene. WRONG answer. For it to be conclusively associated with Mr. Winthrop is a surprising WIN.
Note also the other spacecraft lurking behind the title. The only one I’m able to positively identify is the Skylab OWS/CSM complex.