Tetrascroll, 1975-1977

Not on View

Medium

book of twenty-one lithographs hinged and bound with Dacron polyester sailcloth in wood case

Dimensions

book (equilateral triangle): 90.17 × 11.43 cm (35 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)
case (equilateral triangle): 104.78 × 19.05 cm (41 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Universal Limited Art Edition in Memory of Joseph Fearer)

Accession Number

2015.19.3044

Artists / Makers

R. Buckminster Fuller (artist) American, 1895 - 1983

John Lund (printer) American, active late 20th century

Keith Brintzenhofe (printer) American, active late 20th century

Bill Goldston (printer) American, active late 20th century

Zigmunds Priede (printer) American, born Latvia, 1935

Universal Limited Art Editions (publisher)

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Inscription

lower center title page in graphite: Buckminster Fuller / Nov 15 1975 / 27/34; in graphite on each page: [the artist's monogram]; lower center title page in graphite: Anne Hewlett Fuller; lower center title page in graphite by the artist's granddaughter: Alexandra (for Goldy) / Aug. 6, 1976; lower center epilever in graphite: Edwin Schlossberg

Marks and Labels

embossed on each page: ULAE

Provenance

Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Goldston, Bill

Bibliography

1989: Sparks, Esther. Universal Limited Art Editions: A History and Catalogue, The First Twenty-Five Years. Illinois: Art Institute of Chicago; New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989, p. 325, nos. 1-26.