VIRGIL FINLAY (1914-1971)
SPACE SUIT
signed Virgil / Finlay (lower right)
ink on board
7¹⁄₂ x 5¹⁄₄ in. (19.1 x 13.3 cm.) (sight)
Executed circa 1956.

Norman Brosterman (b. 1952), New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 2001.

Albro T. Gaul, The Complete Book of Space Travel (New York, 1956), p. 77, illustrated.
Norman Brosterman, Out of Time: Designs for the Twentieth-Century Future (New York, 2000), p. 86, illustrated.
Laura Clarke, Patrick Gyger, exhibition catalogue, Into the Unknown: A Journey through Science Fiction (London, 2017), p. 84, illustrated.

Tacoma, Washington, Washington State Historical Society, Out of Time: Designs for the 20th Century Future, 11 November 2000-7 January 2001; also, Lansing, Michigan, Michigan Historical Museum, 27 January-25 March 2001; New York, New York Historical Society, 14 April-10 June 2001; Laramie, Wyoming, University of Wyoming Art Museum, 30 June-26 August 2001; Fargo, North Dakota, Plains Art Museum, 1 December 2001-27 January 2002; Springfield, Massachusetts, 5 October-1 December 2002.
Seattle, The Museum of Pop Culture (formerly EMP), June 2004-March 2011.
Seattle, Pivot Art + Culture, Imagined Futures: Science Fiction, Art, and Artifacts from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection, 7 April-10 July 2016.
London, UK, Barbican Centre, Into the Unknown: A Journey through Science Fiction, 3 June-1 September 2017; also, Athens, Greece, Onassis Cultural Center, 9 October 2017-14 January 2018; Odense, Denmark, Kunstmuseum Brandts, 28 September 2018-17 February 2019; Rotterdam, Netherlands, Kunsthal Rotterdam, 16 March-30 June 2019.