Sold for:
$19,050

R. Buckminster Fuller

Dymaxion blueprints
USA, 1933 leather bound binder, blueprints, paper, photo collage 11½ w x 10½ d x 2½ h in (29 x 27 x 6 cm)
result: $19,050






This collection of more than eighteen blueprints illustrates various design elements for Dymaxion Car #1 and Dymaxion Car #2. From general assembly drawings to details of the front spring saddle bolt, this collection illustrates the ingenuity and technical prowess of Bucky Fuller via his revolutionary Dymaxion Car. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will fund a new documentary The Last Dymaxion: Buckminister Fuller’s Dream Restored by filmmaker Noel Murphy.
Signed with title block to multiple pages


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