Alexei Leonov’s art book Earth and Space Painting

Alexei Leonov  - Voskhod 2 (World’s first EVA "Space walk") and ASTP cosmonaut - produced Earth and Space Painting in 2004. It is a huge book (12" by 24" or so) with awesome plates of his work plus photos from his career and family life. It is written in both English and Russian. It is a very short print run limited edition of a few hundred books produced by the investment bank he works with - Baring Vostok Capital Partners.

When I went to the Sims & Hankow autograph show in 2006, Alexei had a copy on his table for people to look through. He said the copies are mostly in the hands of government people, astronaut friends, and his bank's customers and the book was never sold in stores. He was not pushing the book at all, just letting people page through it. I came back several times to look and he just smiled. When I finally took the plunge to buy a copy, he said to me: "Dave Scott you are very clever." Ha. I wish I had my iPod on record at that moment.

Comments

[Ali]

Do you know where I can purchase this book of paintings from? I couldn't find it in Amazon

[paula gregory]

i have been tring to find a site just to ask a question. no one can give me an answer.are my space pictures by alexie leonov and andrei sokolov,worth any thing?i have a whole collection of them.can some one please help me?

[David Meerman Scott]

This book was published with a tiny print run of only a few hundred copies. It is very rare.

Paula, try posting a message on collectSPACE.

[paula gregory]

i still have been searching for someone to point me in the right direction to see if my collection of pictures of space for peace by alexei leonov and andrei sokolov are worth any thing .just trying to get an estimated price .so that i may sell them.any info would be appreciated.

[David Meerman Scott]

I am not an appraiser, I am a collector. Try posting a query on http://www.collectspace.com/ messages