A wonderful depiction of the “control cabin” of a manned spacecraft in the immediate vicinity of an unidentified/unidentifiable planet. I think this is great…from the clever & imaginative perspective to the range of knobs, dials, levers, buttons & switches, to the Millennium Falcon-looking ‘cockpit’ in the background behind the copilot/navigator. The plethora of windows reminds me of the cupola of the ISS. And check out the gnarly looking levers? extending from the overhead panel directly behind the hand of the copilot/navigator. Finally, note also the spherical, graduated 'astrogator'? at the bottom foreground AND what look like throat microphones worn by both crew members.
Reality & plausibility be damned, this looks cool.
~7.25” x ~9.25”.
The artist responsible, Arthur H. Lidov:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lidov
Credit: Wikipedia
www.nytimes.com/1991/01/02/obituaries/arthur-lidov-73-art...
Credit: New York Times website
Mr. Lidov was maybe best-known for illustrating the cover to the first printing of Ray Bradbury's “The Martian Chronicles.” See linked photo below.
WHO knew??? Did YOU?? I did NOT!
It’s worth your time Googling his other works.
Separately, check this out, I stumbled upon it while researching Mr. Lidov. Wow:
www.hansliska.com/futurism
Credit: VG BILD-KUNST, Johannes Schick & "Hans Liska" website
