Artist Monograph

R. Buckminster Fuller, American

American, 1895–1983

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	15	30%
Other Media	6	12%
Drawing	3	6%
Watercolor	2	4%
Lithography	1	2%
Photography	1	2%
Sculpture	1	2%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Architecture & Design	27	54%
Drawings & Prints	23	46%

Production by Decade

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

Classification Types

Architecture — 27
Illustrated Book — 22
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	4.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	31	63.3%
Large (1–3 m)	16	32.7%

Range: 22.2 cm → 160.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1947	1
1953	1
1960	1
1974	1
1977	22
1978	2
1984	1
2000	6
2018	1
2025	14

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 50 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
A Minimum Dymaxion Home project (Elevation, axonometric, and plan) Architecture Acc. 1193.2000	1927	Graphite on paper	32 7/8 × 19" (83.5 × 48.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Dymaxion House project (Plan, deck-tensioning pattern) Architecture Acc. 1195.2000.a-b	1927-29	Pencil and ink on paper with tape	10 x 13 1/2" (25.4 x 34.3) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Dymaxion House project (Plan) Architecture Acc. 1194.2000	c. 1927	Pencil, watercolor, and metallic ink on tracing paper	10 3/4 x 10" (27.3 x 25.4 cm) (irreg.) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Proposed Dymaxion Hanging Restaurant for Romany Marie, project, Sketch Architecture Acc. 1196.2000	1929	Graphite and ink on tracing paper	16 5/8 x 13 7/8" (42.2 x 35.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
A Dymaxion Home project (Elevation, axonometric, and plan) Architecture Acc. 1198.2000	c. 1930	Graphite and watercolor on diazotype	22 1/2 x 12 1/4" (57.2 x 31.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Dymaxion House, project (Perspective) Architecture Acc. 1197.2000	1930	Crayon on paper	16 x 11 3/4" (40.6 x 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, Wichita, Kansas Architecture Acc. 357.1947	1944–1946	Aluminum and plastic	20 x 36" (50.8 x 91.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 91.44 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Dymaxion Dwelling Machine project, Wichita House (Study for air circulation: floor plan) Architecture Acc. 212.1978	1945	Graphite on paper	22 x 34" (55.9 x 86.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Gilman Foundation, Inc.
Dymaxion Dwelling Machine project, Wichita House (Study for air circulation: plan and sections) Architecture Acc. 213.1978	1945	Graphite on paper	26 1/4 x 35 1/2" (66.7 x 90.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Gilman Foundation, Inc.
Geodesic Dome Architecture Acc. 597.1953	1952	Elastic cord and metal	h. 20 1/4" (51.4 cm), diam. 39" (99.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 99.06 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Airplane Hangar, project Architecture Acc. 560.1960	1955	Wood and paint	12 1/4 x 63 1/4 x 34 3/4" (31.1 x 160.7 x 88.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Tetrahedron City Project, Yomiuriland, Japan (Aerial perspective) Architecture Acc. 1251.1974	c.1968	Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver photograph on gelatin silver photograph with airbrush	11 x 14" (27.9 x 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architects
Geodesic dome Architecture Acc. 2125.2018	1974	Pencil, felt-tip pen, and ink on paper	6 7/8 × 8 3/4" (17.5 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
In-text plate (folio 10) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.8	1975-1976		irreg composition 12 13/16 x 15 1/2" (32.5 x 39.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 11) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.9	1975-1976		irreg composition 13 9/16 x 20 11/16" (34.4 x 52.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 12) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.10	1975-1976		irreg composition 12 1/4 x 16 7/8" (31.1 x 42.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 13) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.11	1975-1976		irreg composition 13 1/4 x 16 1/2" (33.7 x 41.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 14) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.12	1975-1976		irreg composition 12 15/16 x 16 7/16" (32.9 x 41.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 15) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.13	1975-1976		irreg composition 11 5/8 x 16 3/16" (29.5 x 41.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 16) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.14	1975-1976		irreg composition 17 3/4 x 17 1/16" (45.1 x 43.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 17) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.15	1975-1976		irreg composition 12 11/16 x 17 3/4" (32.3 x 45.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 18) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.16	1975-1976		irreg composition 12 13/16 x 15 3/4" (32.6 x 40 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 19) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.17	1975-1976		irreg composition 13 15/16 x 17 11/16" (35.4 x 44.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 20) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.18	1975-1976		irreg composition 13 15/16 x 16 3/4" (35.4 x 42.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 21) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.19	1975-1976		irreg composition 13 9/16 x 16 5/8" (34.5 x 42.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 22) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.20	1975-1976		irreg composition 10 3/8 x 13 11/16" (26.3 x 34.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 23) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.21	1975-1976		irreg composition 11 15/16 x 15" (30.3 x 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 3) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.1	1975-1976		irreg composition 12 3/4 x 15 11/16" (32.4 x 39.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 4) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.2	1975-1976		irreg composition 13 15/16 x 19 13/16" (35.4 x 50.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 5) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.3	1975-1976		irreg composition 13 1/8 x 17 1/4" (33.3 x 43.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 6) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.4	1975-1976		irreg composition 10 9/16 x 14 3/16" (26.9 x 36 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 7) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.5	1975-1976		irreg composition 12 15/16 x 15 15/16" (33 x 40.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 8) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.6	1975-1976		irreg composition 9 11/16 x 17 3/4" (24.6 x 45.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
In-text plate (folio 9) from TETRASCROLL Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.7	1975-1976		irreg composition 12 15/16 x 18 7/16" (32.9 x 46.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Tetrascroll Illustrated Book Acc. 52.1977.1-21	1976. (Prints executed 1975-1976).	Illustrated book with 21 lithographs	triangle page 36" (91.5 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
4D House from Inventions: Twelve Around One Architecture Acc. 3.2025.1a-c	1981	Screenprint on polyester sheet and screenprint on paper	30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Building Construction—Dymaxion Deployment Unit from Inventions: Twelve Around One Architecture Acc. 3.2025.4a-c	1981	Screenprint on polyester sheet and screenprint on paper	30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Building Construction/Geodesic Dome from Inventions: Twelve Around One Architecture Acc. 3.2025.6a-c	1981	Screenprint on polyester sheet and screenprint on paper	30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Dymaxion Dwelling Machine—Wichita House from Inventions: Twelve Around One Architecture Acc. 3.2025.5a-c	1981	Screenprint on polyester sheet and screenprint on paper	30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Geodesic Structures—Monohex from Inventions: Twelve Around One Architecture Acc. 3.2025.10a-c	1981	Screenprint on polyester sheet and screenprint on paper	30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Inventions: Twelve Around One Architecture Acc. 3.2025.1-13	1981	Screenprints	30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Laminar Geodesic Dome from Inventions: Twelve Around One Architecture Acc. 3.2025.11a-c	1981	Screenprint on polyester sheet and screenprint on paper	30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Motor Vehicle—Dymaxion Car from Inventions: Twelve Around One Architecture Acc. 3.2025.2a-c	1981	Screenprint on polyester sheet and screenprint on paper	30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Non-Symmetrical Tension-Integrity Structures from Inventions: Twelve Around One Architecture Acc. 3.2025.13a-c	1981	Screenprint on polyester sheet and screenprint on paper	30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Prefabricated Dymaxion Bathroom from Inventions: Twelve Around One Architecture Acc. 3.2025.3a-c	1981	Screenprint on polyester sheet and screenprint on paper	30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Synergetic Building Construction – Octetruss from the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One Print Acc. 226.1984.a-b	published 1981 (design 1956)	Screenprint on two sheets, one on clear polyester sheet, one duotone on paper, and a blue folio backing sheet, from a portfolio of thirteen two-part screenprints	sheet (each): 30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Calvin Tompkins
Synergetic Building Construction—Octetruss from Inventions: Twelve Around One Architecture Acc. 3.2025.7a-c	1981	Screenprint on polyester sheet and screenprint on paper	30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Tensile-Integrity Structures—Tensegrity from Inventions: Twelve Around One Architecture Acc. 3.2025.8a-c	1981	Screenprint on polyester sheet and screenprint on paper	30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Undersea Island—Submarisle from Inventions: Twelve Around One Architecture Acc. 3.2025.9a-c	1981	Screenprint on polyester sheet and screenprint on paper	30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Watercraft—Rowing Needles from Inventions: Twelve Around One Architecture Acc. 3.2025.12a-c	1981	Screenprint on polyester sheet and screenprint on paper	30 × 40" (76.2 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds