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West in Space Equipment, 5 Pieces, Space Expedition Andora

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:240.00 EUR Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 EUR
West in Space Equipment, 5 Pieces, Space Expedition Andora
Leather, wax-coated material, cotton, nylon, synthetic fiber
Russia, Star City, 1992 until 1998
Worn by Andora (b. 1958) – German artist, pop art painter and cosmonaut
Flight jacket: outer side signed, dated and copyright ‘andora 92 ©’, inside signed, dated and copyright ‘andora 92 ©’, as well as numbered ‘5/35’; patches: West in Space, Space Expedition Andora, Glavkosmos; verso sketch of the Proton rocket
Vest: patches German-Russian Mission Mir ´97, Space Expedition Andora
Sac: patches Space Expedition Andora, West in Space, Glavkosmos
Backpack: illustration by Andora with space images
Large bag: patch Star City 1998 West in Space
Dimensions: max. ca. 85 x 58 x 55 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Collection Andora, Germany
A bomber jacket, a vest, two sacs and a backpack of the West in Space project and Andora’s Space Expedition

This is a flight jacket, a vest, two sacs and a backpack of the West in Space project and Andora’s Space Expedition. The internationally known German artist Andora was trained as a cosmonaut in the frame of the West in Space project for the duration of seven years in Star City in Russia. He was commissioned in 1992 by the Russian space program to paint a Proton rocket which was then launched into space.

This set of five pieces from Star City is a great memorabilia of these projects at the spaceport Baikonur. The flight jacket is on the outer side signed, dated and with the copyright ‘andora 92 ©’. Inside it is signed, dated and with the copyright ‘andora 92 ©’, as well as numbered ‘5/35’. The flight jacket has got the following patches West in Space, Space Expedition Andora and Glavkosmos. On the back of the flight jacket is a sketch of the Proton rocket. The orange vest with hood by DKNY shows the patches of the German-Russian Mission Mir ´97 and the Space Expedition Andora. The sac is equipped with the patches Space Expedition Andora, West in Space and Glavkosmos. The backpack is adorned with illustrations by Andora of space images.

The large bag of a wax-coated material is marked with a patch of Star City 1998 West in Space and the manufacturer Ortlieb Waterproof Outdoor Gear.



The five pieces are in good but used condition. The dimensions are max. ca. 85 x 58 x 55 cm.

Andora (b. 1958)

Grown up as Andreas Hoge in Berlin-East, in the course of his career the artist, pop art painter and cosmonaut put on the pseudonym Andora. Accused of preparing for the flight from the GDR, he was expatriated to Berlin-West. He studied social education from 1980 until 1984. Afterwards, he started creating his first paintings that were of neo-expressionist manner. Later, conceptual installations and video techniques succeeded. Andora left the traditional canvas as a painting surface in the 90s and entered the three-dimensional reality with his pictorial language of bizarre creatures of a comic-like world and painted everyday objects. He accepted various commissions by large corporations, for example by WEST. This culminated in painting a Russian Proton rocket, which was then shot into space. Today, Andora lives and works in Berlin.
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