On view through August 10, 2008

Inventions: Twelve Around One -

Portfolio by R. Buckminster Fuller
North Gallery

R. Buckminster Fuller American (1895 - 1983) Watercraft - Rowing Needles, c. 1981 Screenprint on Mylar overlay over offset lithograph on paper, edition 3/60 30 x 40 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm) Gift of Society Bank, North America, 1991.154.10

R. Buckminster Fuller was one of most influential engineer/designers of the 20th century. This portfolio of 13 screenprints and 3 text sheets illustrates his visionary genius and creativity. Produced by Fuller and published by the Carl Solway Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, each of the 13 framed prints consists of a screenprint on transparent Mylar of the patent drawings for an invention overlaid on an image of the realized version of the project.

R. Buckminster Fuller American (1895 - 1983) Motor Vehicle - Dymaxion Car, c. 1981 Screenprint on Mylar overlay over offset lithograph on paper, edition 3/60 30 x 40 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm) Gift of Society Bank, North America, 1991.154.5

R. Buckminster Fuller American (1895 - 1983) Building Construction / Geodesic Dome, c. 1981 Screenprint on Mylar overlay over offset lithograph on paper, edition 3/60 30 x 40 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm) Gift of Society Bank, North America, 1991.154.2

Among the designs included are Fuller's Dymaxion Car No. 3, constructed in the 1930s and known for its pioneering automotive aerodynamic design, and Building Construction/Geodesic Dome - the design for which Fuller is most well known.

<<Back