Buckminster Fuller: career timeline

American · 1895–1983 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 29 of 37 lots (78% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Buckminster Fuller: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1930s	2	2	$7kSign up	Drawing
1950s	3	3	$5.3kSign up	Other
1960s	2	2	$2.5kSign up	Screenprint
1970s	11	11	$5kSign up	Other
1980s	11	8	$4.5kSign up	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $7kSign up
Average: $7kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 21.5 in (44 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2)
Subjects: —

1931 Minimum Dymaxion Home chassis, mast and stair elevations$10.1kSign up
1934 Dymaxion Sportster side view$4kSign up

1950s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $5.3kSign up
Average: $5.1kSign up
Typical size: 20.5 × 29.5 in (52 × 75 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Lithograph (1), Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1950 Dymaxion globe$6.7kSign up
1954 Dymaxion Airocean World Map poster$5.3kSign up
1954 collection of blueprints and presentation boards for the Geodesic Dome Camp Shelter$3.3kSign up

1960s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $2.5kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 24.5 in (46 × 62 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1961 Monohex Dome$3.3kSign up
1963 drawings, set of five$1.8kSign up

1970s 11 works

Sold: 11 of 11
Median: $5kSign up
Average: $14kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 13.5 in (26 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Other (6), Lithograph (2), Screenprint (2)
Subjects: —

1971 Save Our Planet, Save Our Cities$640Sign up
c. 1973 Non-Symetrical Tension-Integrity$2.5kSign up
1976 Single-cell Jitterbug$15.4kSign up
1976 Single-cell Jitterbug$5kSign up
1976 Single-cell Jitterbug$3.5kSign up
1976 Jitterbug Atom$3.1kSign up
1976 Jitterbug Atom$7.2kSign up
1976 Complex of Jitterbugs$13.2kSign up
c. 1979 Prototype Yin Yang Tensegrity Geodesic Dome sculpture$8.3kSign up
1979 Dymaxion World Map$1kSign up
1979 Unique ‘Dymaxion Airocean World Map’, for the Third National Bank, Dayton$94.6kSign up

1980s 11 works

Sold: 8 of 11
Median: $4.5kSign up
Average: $4.2kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 40 in (76 × 102 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (5), Other (4), Acrylic (2)
Subjects: Sea & coast (3)

Creation date not recorded

8 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $10kSign up
Average: $10kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2016 Complex of Jitterbugs$10kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $3kSign up
Typical size: 29.5 × 40 in (76 × 101 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (4), Lithograph (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

sold 2020 UntitledResult not published
sold 2023 Geodesic Structures—Monohex (from the Inventions: Twelve Around One portfolio)$4kSign up
sold 2023 Dymaxion Air-Ocean World Map poster$4kSign up
sold 2023 EphemeraUnsold
sold 2024 Inventions: Twelve Around One$3.8kSign up
sold 2025 Three works from the Inventions: Twelve Around One portfolio$2kSign up

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sold 2025 Four works from Inventions: Twelve Around One$990Sign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Buckminster Fuller auction results →