Artist Monograph

Kenneth Snelson, American

American, 1927–2016

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	4	66.7%
Photography	2	33.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	3	50%
Photography	2	33.3%
Architecture & Design	1	16.7%

Production by Decade

1

1950s

3

1960s

1

1970s

1

1980s

Classification Types

Drawing — 3
Photograph — 2
Architecture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	3	50%
Large (1–3 m)	2	33.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	16.7%

Range: 38.7 cm → 320.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1965	1
1967	2
1981	1
1994	1
2018	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Floating Compression Column, Architecture Acc. 283.1965	1959	Aluminum and stainless steel	10'-6" × 17 × 17" (320 × 43.2 × 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1587.2018	1967	Pressure-sensitive tape on transparentized paper	13 1/8 × 15 3/8" (33.3 × 39.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Untitled Drawing Acc. 474.1967	1967	Metallic and plastic tape on paper	12 3/4 x 15 1/4" (32.5 x 38.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 475.1967	1967	Plastic and electrical tape on paper	12 3/4 x 15 1/4" (32.6 x 38.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund
Grand and Greene Streets Photograph Acc. 202.1994	1979	Gelatin silver print	15 1/4 × 84 3/8" (38.7 × 214.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Jersey Shore with World Trade Center Photograph Acc. 207.1981	1980	Gelatin silver print (contact)	15 3/8 × 74" (39.3 × 188.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired with matching funds from Shirley C. Burden and the National Endowment for the Arts