Buckminster Fuller
Tetrascroll

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Tetrascroll
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CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tetrascroll
Date1977
Printed inWest Islip, New York, United States
Published inWest Islip, New York, United States
MediumPortfolio of 25 bound lithographs in black and blue on wove paper, bound with rag board, black wove paper, and Dacron woven polyester cloth in a triangular wooden case with lid, edition 29/34
DimensionsSheet (each): 31 1/2 × 36 in. (80 × 91.4 cm)
Open (approximately): 33 × 532 × 1 in. (83.8 × 1351.3 × 2.5 cm)
Closed: 33 × 38 × 4 1/2 in. (83.8 × 96.5 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Universal Limited Art Editions in honor of Ted Lee for his commitment to the printed arts
Object number2016.23
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ProvenanceThe artist and [Universal Limited Artist Editions, West Islip, New York], 1977-2016; given to MFAH, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto (first page): Signed in graphite: Buckminster Fuller / Nov 5 1975 / Anne Hewitt Fuller / Alexandra (for Goldy) / Aug. 6, 1976 / 29/34
Recto (all but first and last two pages): Initialed in graphite, right bottom corner or right top corner: BF
Recto (first sheet): Dated and editioned
Recto (first page): Signed in graphite: Buckminster Fuller / Nov 5 1975 / Anne Hewitt Fuller / Alexandra (for Goldy) / Aug. 6, 1976 / 29/34
Recto (all but first and last two pages): Initialed in graphite, right bottom corner or right top corner: BF
Recto: Chopmark (each sheet), bottom center or left bottom corner: [ULAE]
Watermark: [none]

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