Buckminster Fuller
Dymaxion Dwelling Machine-Wichita House, from the Inventions: Twelve Around One
Found at
Bonhams,
New York (Online Auction)
Prints & MultiplesSummer Splash, Lot 172
4. Aug - 14. Aug 2023
Prints & MultiplesSummer Splash, Lot 172
4. Aug - 14. Aug 2023
Estimate: 400 - 600 USD
Price realised: 2.048 USD
Price realised: 2.048 USD
Description
Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)
Dymaxion Dwelling Machine-Wichita House, from the Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981
Screenprint on clear polyester film overlaid on screenprint in colors on Lenox paper, signed in black marker, dated and numbered 21/60 (there were also 20 hors commerce proofs marked in Roman numerals), published by Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, with the blindstamp of the printer Brand X, New York, the full sheet.
sheet 30 x 40in (76.2 x 101.6cm)
Dymaxion Dwelling Machine-Wichita House, from the Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981
Screenprint on clear polyester film overlaid on screenprint in colors on Lenox paper, signed in black marker, dated and numbered 21/60 (there were also 20 hors commerce proofs marked in Roman numerals), published by Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, with the blindstamp of the printer Brand X, New York, the full sheet.
sheet 30 x 40in (76.2 x 101.6cm)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Dymaxion Dwelling Machine-Wichita House, from the Inventions: Twelve Around One by Buckminster Fuller was auctioned at Bonhams in New York in August this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 600.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 2,048.00 (€ 1,889.47). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Buckminster Fuller - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Dymaxion Air - Ocean World Map, which sold at auction in April 2018 for USD 5,250.00 (€ 4,348.19).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Dymaxion Dwelling Machine-Wichita House, from the Inventions: Twelve Around One von Buckminster Fuller im August diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 600,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 2.048,00 (€ 1.889,47) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Buckminster Fuller mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Dymaxion Air - Ocean World Map beobachtet, die im April 2018 für USD 5.250,00 (€ 4.348,19) versteigert wurde.
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