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FULLER, R. BUCKMINSTER  NINE CHAINS TO THE MOON. : An Adventure Storey Of 
Thought.
Philadelphia, London and Toronto, Lippincott, Grambo and Co, 1938, First 
Edition of His First Book. Hard Cover, 8vo, 405Pp. + folding chart. Fine/No 
Jacket. INSCRIPTION:
  With a page long intimate inscription on verso front board opposite his 
map dated 8-1-44: "To Joan Forester who was 2 years old when this map was 
drawn [pointing to the map] Who seventeen years later was a leader in the 
construction of a globe 20' on roof of Elec. Eng. Bldg. at Cornell 
University which was devised to accelerate the awareness of the 
significance of this map and later took vigorous and intelligent part in 
the development of physical structures of high efficiency which could 
package up advanced standard [for] living for rapid distribution to world 
peoples to avoid negative means of acquisition [sic.] of these environment 
potentials." From her colleague and friend [signed] Buckminster Fuller / 
Dec. 29th, 1953"[.] Fuller, during the period from 1949 until the success 
of his dome, was a fixture at "the club", the New York abstract 
expressionist artists organization. He was considered an elder statesman; a 
visionary, if impractical artist type. He lectured, participated in many 
symposia and had a profound influence particularly on the sculptors of the 
next generation such as Ronnie Bladen, Tony Smith, and later the 
minimalists. His dymaxion constructions, while not always accepted by the 
world at large were appreciated by the art world as a part of that ferment 
which also produced Mondrian, Vontongerloo, Moholy Nagy, Max Bill, Dorner, 
Frederick Kiesler [also at the club] and Harry Holtzman[Mondrian's patron 
and disciple]. The technological revolution ushered in by one of his 
discoveries surprised the art world, where he was seen as a wonderful, 
crackpot visionary, but not as an engineer or scientist. Placzek, II, 
125-126; Sharpe, 45. Metallic cloth, corners bumped, slight wear, top and 
bottom of spine, lacks the glassine DJ, but a Near Fine copy.   $ 1075.00

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