Hugo Gnam (photographer)
Photographs of the U. S. Building at Expo 67, Montreal
American: 1967
Gelatin-silver photographic prints on resin-coated paper
13.5 x 10.75 inches, overall
Provenance: Estate of Hugo Gnam
Red Tag Price: $250, the pair

Pair of photographs of the United States Geodesic Dome Building designed by R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) and built for the United States pavilion at Expo '67, the 1967 World's Fair in Montreal, Canada, on Île Sainte-Hélène. One photo shows the interior, the other a detail of the exterior. Geodesic domes are constructed from standardized, interlocking geometric shapes, with no internal supports. Fuller was an American architect specializing in experimental constructions.

Hugo Gnam was an architect and modernist artist who worked in a variety of media, including pastel, furniture design and photography.

Condition: Generally very good with the usual overall toning, wear, soft creases.

Reference:

Garrett, Steve. “International Conductor Brings UH Foreign Flare (sic).” University of Houston Daily Cougar. 4 September 1991. http://www.stp.uh.edu/vol57/91-09-04.html (14 May 2004).