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Buckminster Fuller (2) Oversized 'Spaceship Earth' Sketches

Buckminster Fuller sketches out his "Spaceship Earth" concepts

Estimate: $2000+

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Buckminster Fuller sketches out his "Spaceship Earth" concepts

Visionary American architect, inventor, writer, and philosopher (1895-1983) perhaps best known for inventing the geodesic dome, one of the signal developments in modern design and engineering. Two large 19 x 12 pages featuring storyboard-style sketches accomplished in felt tip by Buckminster Fuller, documenting elements of his futurist theories. Panels on the first page include: "Spaceship Earth," a worldview popularized in his 1969 book 'Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth'; basic forms of his geodesic dome; a Dymaxion map representing his "one world" philosophy; pyramids labeled "basic travel" and "percentage world population," with "Moscow at center of gravity"; a "basic ecological pattern" with women at the center and men in orbit; and a "galaxy of mothership housekeepers." Panels on the second page include: "man running backward into his future"; "infinity"; "solid cubes"; "synergy"; and others, with several intriguing sketches of cubes, boxes, and numbered triangles. In fine condition.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autograph and Artifacts Featuring Revolutionary War, The War of 1812, and Civil War
  • Dates: June 21, 2024 - July 10, 2024