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R. Buckminster Fuller
Artist
WA-00129112
Representation
None documented
12
Institutional Exhibitions
0
Works in Collection
50
Assets Indexed
0
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
60%
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Authority Records (2)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Three Houses
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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Projects: Buckminster Fuller and John Cage
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1977
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Architectural Models from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1974
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The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968–1969
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Visionary Architecture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
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Buckminster Fuller
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959
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Three Structures by Buckminster Fuller
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959–1960
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Two Houses: New Ways to Build
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952
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Integrated Building: Kitchen, Bathroom, and Storage
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1945
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Design for Use
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
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Airways to Peace
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943
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Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Deployment Unit
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941–1942
Source Registry (2)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
About
Why this artist matters now
Richard Buckminster Fuller Jr. was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings, publishing more than 30 books and coining or popularizing such terms as "Spaceship Earth", "Dymaxion", "ephemeralization", "synergetics", and "tensegrity".
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago
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Artwork sources (1)
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