The New Yorker, May 20, 1972 P. 29

Talk story about the only work of art on the moon. It is a work by the Belgian sculptor Paul Van Hoeydonck, and lies in a small crater near Hadley Rille, on the moon. Interview with the artist, here for a retrospective of his work at the Waddell Gallery. Outer space and spacemen have been his only theme for 14 years. David Scott placed his sculpture on the moon on Aug. 2. He showed the writer a replica of piece. It was a bit of smooth and shiny aluminum suggesting, in a few planes, a simple human figure. It has no race, it could be naked or in uniform, and it could be a man or a woman. It is just Man. Tells how he managed to get NASA's approval and about his work, which he says has been strangely prophetic since he turned to space. His moon figure had to be made to specifications given by NASA. Lying alongside the piece on the moon there is a plaque with the names of all the astronauts and cosmonauts who have died. Artist liked the idea of a memorial.

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