Vernacular Environments, Part 2
Buckminster Fuller, Geodesic Structures - Monohex, 1981
Screenprinted clear film, a duotone screenprint on Lenox 100% rag paper, and a blue backing leaf of Curtis 100% rag paper, 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
From the Inventions: Twelve Around One portfolio, designed in collaboration with Chuck Byrne and published by Carl Solway Gallery. Includes three elements: screen printed clear mylar blue print drawing signed and numbered by Fuller in black ink; an acid free hand made blue paper sheet, and Black and White Duotone screen print photograph of Invention, either as realized work, or as conceptual model.
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Buckminster Fuller, UNDERSEA ISLAND - SUBMARISLE, Edition 7 of 60, 1981
Screenprinted clear film, a duotone screenprint on Lenox 100% rag paper, and a blue backing leaf of Curtis 100% rag paper, 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
United States Patent Office no. 3,080,583, filed June 8, 1959, serial no. 818, 935, granted March 12, 1963, inventor: Buckminster Fuller
From the "Inventions: Twelve Around One" portfolio of thirteen screenprints and text by Buckminster Fuller published by the Carl Solway Gallery. Produced under the supervision of Buckminster Fuller by Colophon, Cinicinnati, Ohio. The edition is limited to 60 numbered portfolios (1-60) and 20 hors commerce (I-XX). Each print consists of two 30" x 40" screenprinted sheets, one of which illustrates drawings for a patent invention by Fuller, and the second sheet illustrates the realization of the concept. These two sheets may be presented separately, in two frames; or together, as an overlay, in one frame.
The patent invention drawings are screenprinted in white ink on a clear polyester film. A plain blue backing sheet, provided with each print, may be placed under the clear film patent drawings to create the effect of a blueprint. The accompanying photo realization of each invention is a screenprint on Lenox 100 percent rag paper. The text pages and blue backing sheets are Curtis Tweedweave 100 percent rag paper (made especially for the portfolio). Hand-signed and numbered by Buckminster Fuller on the clear film element.
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Rema Ghuloum, Morning Ghost, 2017
9 x 9 x 3 in. (22.9 x 22.9 x 7.6 cm)
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Hans Hollein, Gebäude ev. Lintschinger (Building), 1960
Ink on paper, 11 3/4 x 22 3/4 in. (30 x 58 cm)
Framed
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Hans Hollein, Gebäude ev. Lintschinger (Building), 1960
Ink on paper, 11 3/4 x 22 3/4 in. (30 x 58 cm)
Framed
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Aili Schmeltz, 2 x 4, 2017
Cast bronze, 96 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (243.8 x 8.9 x 3.8 cm)
edition 1 of 10
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Aili Schmeltz, Brick, 2017
Cast bronze, 3 5/8 x 8 x 2 1/4 in. (9.2 x 20.3 x 5.7 cm)
edition 1 of 10
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Aili Schmeltz, Cinderblock, 2017
Cast bronze, 16 x 8 x 8 in. (40.6 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)
edition 1 of 10
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Aili Schmeltz, Object/Window/Both/Neither, 2017
Graphite on paper, 60 x 96 in. (152.4 x 243.8 cm)
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Paolo Soleri, 90/90, 1987
Colored pencils and crayons on black museum board, 40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.3 cm)
Part of the “SPACE FOR PEACE” drawing collection in the Paolo Soleri Archive
Anchored to the remains of the asteroid is the Eco-Minutia sphere partly landscaped and displaying water bubbles [spherical] and a habitat. The diameter of the asteroid is 3 miles. The population of the habitat is 3000, of which 50 percent are residents and 50 percent are space explorers or travelers.
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Paolo Soleri, LIGHT BLADES, 1987
Colored pencils and crayons on black museum board, 32 x 40 in. (81.3 x 101.6 cm)
Part of the “SPACE FOR PEACE” drawing collection in the Paolo Soleri Archive
The moon [Deimos of Mars?] has been hollowed to make room for the Eco-Minutia. Large fissures in the crust of the moon let light through crystal rods. The diameter of the asteroid is 10 - 30 miles. The population of the habitat is 30,000, of which 70 percent are residents and 30 percent are space explorers or travelers.
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