Kenneth Snelson, Soft Landing

Kenneth Snelson

British · 1927–2016 · Sculptor, Photographer

Kenneth Duane Snelson was an American contemporary sculptor and photographer. His sculptural works, exemplified by Needle Tower, are composed of flexible and rigid components… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Kenneth Snelson, E.C. Column, 1969, stainless-steel and aluminumE.C. ColumnBonhams · $23,040≈ £17,130≈ €19,604Sign up to see
  2. Kenneth Snelson, Double Shell Form, 1979, aluminum and stainless-steel cableDouble Shell FormBonhams · $9,600≈ £7,138≈ €8,168Sign up to see
  3. Kenneth Snelson, Super Star, c. 1960, aluminum, monofilament lineSuper StarWright · $8,125≈ £5,861≈ €6,880Sign up to see

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Kenneth Duane Snelson was an American contemporary sculptor and photographer. His sculptural works, exemplified by Needle Tower, are composed of flexible and rigid components arranged according to the idea of tensegrity, although Snelson preferred the descriptive term floating compression.

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Born 1927, PendletonDied 2016, New York CityOccupation Sculptor, PhotographerWikidata Q931065 ↗ULAN 500007005 ↗Museum works 2

abstract art

Also known as Kenneth D. Snelson, Kenneth Duane Snelson

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Kenneth Snelson, Soft Landing
Soft Landing1982
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC BY 2.0 · Craig Talbert, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Kenneth Snelson, Needle Tower
Needle Tower1968
Kröller-Müller Museum ↗
CC BY 3.0 · Henk Monster, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) — Kröller-Müller Museum

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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