Incredible original conceptual artwork by artist Lumen Winter of the Apollo 13 mission insignia, accomplished in ink, graphite, and colored pencil on an off-white 18.25˝ circular sheet of drawing paper, which depicts three horses flying away from Earth, an image symbolizing the three astronauts of an Apollo mission, with the moon and sun visible above and below. The design features capitalized text to its border, “APOLLO XIII, EX LUNA, SCI[EN]TIA,” and the lower right is signed and dated by the artist, “LW 1970.” Archivally mounted and framed with a caption plate to an overall size of 24 x 24; the plate reads: “‘Apollo 13 Mission Patch,’ Lumen Winter - 1970, Created to fabricate the Bas Relief sculpture for the mission patch.” In very good to fine condition, with some paper loss, and old tape stains, to the perimeter. Accompanied by a photo showing Winter posing with the Apollo 13 astronauts and the finished Bas Relief sculpture of the Apollo 13 emblem.
As quoted by Apollo 13 LMP Fred Haise: ‘We as a crew had the initial crew emblem idea of the mythical god Apollo driving his horse-drawn chariot across the sky dragging the sun with him. We passed this idea to artist Lumen Winter who created the emblem of three horses traveling from the earth, symbolizing the three astronauts of an Apollo mission. He placed the horses above the moon with the sun in the background. It is interesting to note that this design resembles a painting he did for the St. Regis Hotel in New York City which featured three horses racing across a cloud-filled sky, with a fourth horse falling behind. It is a bit ironic about that fourth horse because just a few days before our launch, Command Module Pilot Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly had to be replaced by Jack Swigert due to a potential illness.’
