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Kenneth Snelson

Kenneth Snelson

1927
WA-00014071
SculptureContemporary
Representation
None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
9
Works in Collection
25
Assets Indexed
2
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Big Pictures by Contemporary Photographers
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1983
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Architectural Models from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1974
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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source
  • Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
  • NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

About

Why this artist matters now

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.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement
Contemporary
Medium
Sculpture
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Artworks (9)

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Artwork sources (4)

9 published of 15 catalogued · 5 with image
  • MoMA
    6 publishedof 12 catalogued4 img
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    1 published
  • Art Institute Chicago
    1 published1 img
  • Whitney
    1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources
  • Brooklyn Bridge
    1980 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record

Images

10 assets
Artsy artwork: Untitled, 1968-74
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Artsy artwork: Brooklyn Bridge (1980)
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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1989)
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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1985)
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Artsy artwork: Revolver (1966)
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Artsy artist portrait
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Maquette for Tree I SAAM 1980.49.11 1
Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)
Kenneth Snelson "Tree I"
Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)
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Relationships

5
Movements1
Contemporary
Collections4
Museum of Modern ArtCleveland Museum of ArtArt Institute of ChicagoWhitney Museum of American Art
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionBig Pictures by Contemporary Photographers
New York · 1983
Group ExhibitionArchitectural Models from the Collection
New York · 1974
Group ExhibitionTwentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
New York · 1969