FENN ALBERT (1913 1995) R Buckminster Fullers Dymaxion Deplo

Sale 2393 - Lot 108

Price Realized: $ 2,500

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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

FENN, ALBERT (1913-1995)
R. Buckminster Fuller's "Dymaxion Deployment Unit," a structure for defense, which was erected in the garden of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Silver print, 9 1/8x7 1/4 inches (23.2x18.4 cm.), with Fenn's credit stamp, a typed label, and a caption, in pencil, on verso. 1941

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Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller (1895-1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor. His inventions were mainly architectural designs, and he is known to have popularized the geodesic dome. "Dymaxion" is a term Fuller used to describe much of his work, and is a portmanteau of the words dynamic, maximum, and tension.

The Dymaxion Deployment Unit was designed by Fuller as a means of emergency housing during the second World War. The structures imitate the design of grain silos, but with portholes and wallboarded interiors, to form a temporary living space.