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R. Buckminster Fuller

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Artist: Ruth Munson, born 1948
Sitter: Buckminster Fuller, Jr., 12 Jul 1895 - 1 Jul 1983

Date: c. 1981

Type: Painting

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Accurate: 62.2 x 52.1 cm (24 1/2 x 20 1/2"); Frame: 72.7 × 65.1 × 5.1 cm (28 5/8 × 25 5/8 × 2")

Topic: Interior; Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair; Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses; Printed Material\Map; Buckminster Fuller, Jr.: Male; Buckminster Fuller, Jr.: Literature\Writer; Buckminster Fuller, Jr.: Science and Technology\Scientist\Cartographer; Buckminster Fuller, Jr.: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer; Buckminster Fuller, Jr.: Literature\Writer\Poet; Buckminster Fuller, Jr.: Visual Arts\Architect; Buckminster Fuller, Jr.: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Philosopher; Buckminster Fuller, Jr.: Science and Technology\Engineer; Buckminster Fuller, Jr.: Science and Technology\Inventor; Buckminster Fuller, Jr.: Science and Technology\Scientist\Mathematician; Buckminster Fuller, Jr.: Presidential Medal of Freedom; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Ruth Munson

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Object number: NPG.91.4

Provenance: The artist; gift 1991 to NPG

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery