Building construction - geodesic dome – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic print captures Building construction - geodesic dome in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Building construction - geodesic dome
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Printed on clear polyester film rather than paper, this screen print is number six in *Inventions: Twelve Around One*, a portfolio Buckminster Fuller issued through Cincinnati's Carl Solway Gallery around 1981. The image shows the geodesic dome, a lightweight structure of interlocking triangles that Fuller developed and patented in the early 1950s; his filing from December 1951 is noted in the record. Fuller promoted the design for its strength and its ability to enclose large spaces with little material, and it was later used for radar shelters, exhibition buildings, and houses. The print was later reproduced in *Eyes of the Nation*, a 1997 survey of American visual history.
| Created / published | Cincinnati, Ohio : Carl Solway Gallery, c1981. |
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| Medium | 1 print on clear polyester film : screen print, with blue folio backing sheet. |
| Genre | Screen prints Color 1980-1990. |
| Notes | Original patent filed Dec. 12, 1951, U.S. Patent no. 2,682,235. In portfolio: Inventions: twelve around one / Buckminster Fuller. Cincinnati, Ohio : Carl Solway Gallery, c1981, no. 6. Copyright by Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1982:275 |
| Subjects | Geodesic domes--1950-1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,452 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218743 |
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